Beatrix Potter Names: Jemima & Jeremy

I just adore Beatrix Potter. My daughter’s middle name is Béatrix, after a beloved teacher and friend who passed away in 2003. My friend Béatrix was a beautiful and charismatic Frenchwoman, and I pronounce my daughter’s middle name the same way she did: BAY-uh-treece.

I’ve been so surprised to see the upswing in popularity Beatrix has had! I assume most people are going with the same pronunciation as Beatrix Potter’s name?

I also wanted to add that I’m a huge anglophile and lover of Victorian literature, and since I was a baby, I’ve had a beautiful little set of Peter Rabbit dishes: a plate, a bowl, a teacup, and a saucer. It was given to me by my English grandmother, and I always knew I’d give it to my first child. When my first child turned out to be a girl, and I wanted to give her the middle name Béatrix anyway, it seemed only natural that I decorate her room with images of Beatrix Potter’s characters. I’ve come to appreciate Beatrix Potter’s genius anew, having surrounded myself with her lovely stories and illustrations these past few months.

As for the names above, I love:

Cecily
Jane
Jemima
Jenny (my daughter’s probable nickname, but sp. Genny)
Lucie
Polly
Thomasina

Kind of dig Diggory and Barnabas, too! (Maybe better for pets than kids, though….)

Great blog, Nephele! Cecily, Jane, Jemima, Margery, Polly, Rose, Sally (my name), Tabitha, and Thomasina are some of my favorite names! For boys, I love Percy, Diggory, and Barnabas.

I too often feel as though I was meant to be born in a different era… glad there are others who feel the same way!

Love your blog, Nephele! These are some of my favorite names ever. It mystifies me that all babies aren’t named these names. Love Peter, Tommy, Samuel, Benjamin, Susan, Polly, Tabitha, Lucie, Anna, Jane, Cecily, Jemima…I think I love all the girls’ names! These names are so timeless and cuddly. It would be hard to ever get tired of them.

I have all the Beatrix Potter books – my parents started collecting them for me when I was a baby. I did consider Lucinda – somewhat inspired by the Beatrix Potter book – back in 2005, but didn’t end up choosing that name.

Which book is ‘Rose’ from? That is my daughter’s name and I didn’t know it was in one of the books.

I also like Jemima, as in Puddle Duck – but having moved to the USA, that one isn’t going to happen. Maybe as a middle name…

Oh and I do like Beatrix too.

British American, Miss Rose appears in The Tale of Little Pig Robinson:

Stumpy was a large, serious, well-behaved brown dog with a short tail. He lived with Bob the retriever and Percy the cat and Miss Rose who kept house.

– Nephele

Thanks Nephele! That’s one of the books I’m not so familiar with. I’ll have to look at it again.

Very nice names. I really love Beatrix, Polly and Thomasina.

What a fantastic blog, Nephelity!!!! I loved it! As you know, I’m all about Beatrix, so this was right up Littleberry J. Lambkin’s alley.

My favorites:

Josephine
Polly (I’ve been thinking about this name lately, and I think it’s adorable)
Sally
Rose
Thomasina

Benjamin
Peter
Samuel
Diggory (I don’t know about it on an actual person, but it’s fun to say!)

Great job, Nephie!

Oh my gosh! I completely forgot to list Beatrix! I LOVE the name Beatrix!

Thanks, everyone, for your comments! Yep, I’ll say that Beatrix Potter will endure for many more generations to come. Those names of hers certainly strike a responsive chord in many of us!

For the girls, I love:
Tabitha (really love this!), Lucinda, and Josephine. Even the plain Jane has caught my eye before – it has a lot of appeal!

None of the boys’ name really catch me. They are all either too common or they aren’t common enough

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I just love all things Beatrix Potter but I had never thought of choosing a name for my children from one of her books. What a lovely idea. I just love Jemima and Benjamin.

May babies everywhere continue to be named after the wonderful characters in Beatrix Potter’s much loved tales for a long time to come

I’m stressed about my newborn’s name because I haven’t found out the gender!!!!! It’s so sad because I have only designed the room in a neutral tone with heaps of elegant decors (I’m obsessed with them).. what should I do? Does anyone else have the same worry about naming their baby without knowing the gender???

Dorcas? Oh yeah, TOTALLY baby-worthy. Some of these are kind of cute; the rest are completely BLAH.

My little one is a Beatrix (nn Bix) so naturally, it is my favourite name. Her middle name is Belle, which yes, is kinda cutesty but I love the meaning:

Beatrix – bringer of joy / voyage through life
Belle – beautiful (obv)

everyone would love to be a ‘beautiful bringer of joy’ surely?

As for the other names, I love Cecily / Polly / Jemima (Bix was almost a Beatrix Jemima, but obviously the initials we weren’t keen on)
Great post!