Addison was just outside the top ten names in the US last year. Yet to make much mark in the UK.
I think Beatrice has been in use in the English-speaking world long enough to be regarded as an English form of Beatrix too — unless it is being pronounced the Italian way (bay-a-TREE-chay), which is entirely different to the English!
I was in a rush last night (had rather a day) and probably could have written that much better. I’ve edited and updated the entry to try to explain better.
Addison was just outside the top ten names in the US last year. Yet to make much mark in the UK.
I think Beatrice has been in use in the English-speaking world long enough to be regarded as an English form of Beatrix too — unless it is being pronounced the Italian way (bay-a-TREE-chay), which is entirely different to the English!
I was in a rush last night (had rather a day) and probably could have written that much better. I’ve edited and updated the entry to try to explain better.