So, Beattie is a name I heard a lot as a child; one of my grandmother’s church friends was a Beattie. Now I presume Beattie was a nickname for [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], but looking up old (circa 1840’s to 1920’s) name registers, it seems in Scotland/Ireland, Beattie was a relatively familiar name in it’s own right, and it does appear in the [name_f]English[/name_f] registers too. I was reminded of it by a young British actress (Beattie Edmondson) but I’ve never seen it mentioned anywhere else in modern times and it’s not on NB. A quick google gives the impression it was a Scottish surname that occasionally leaped into first place.
I like it. As you can probably guess, for me, it’s got that soft, cuddly, old lady vibe, but I think it would definitely work for a growing little girl.
I think it would be ok as a nickname to [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], but I wouldn’t use it by itself. I don’t particularly like it, but I don’t hate it. It’s not for me.
Makes me think of Beetee from The Hunger Games series. He was one of the victors, very smart and very awkward.
It does give off ‘old lady who does the tea’s at church after the service in the 1980s/1990s’ vibes and also similarly sounds like a number of my dad’s elderly Irish relatives. But I think that with the resurgence of these type of names ie: [name_f]Betty[/name_f], [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], [name_f]Gwen[/name_f] etc… I 100% think that Beattie could have a place among them!
I love it! It gives me a similar vibe to [name_f]Betty[/name_f], [name_f]Bessie[/name_f], [name_f]Betsy[/name_f], [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], [name_f]Maggie[/name_f], etc.!
It’s pretty cute! I would probably give the full name [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] though. At first I thought it was pronounced Bay-tee, like [name_m]Warren[/name_m] Beatty.
At first I thought it was pronounced Bay-tee, like [name_m]Warren[/name_m] Beatty.