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[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

What do you think of Bedelia as a name for a girl?

Nickname Bea or Delia?

I think it could work as an alternative to Amelia.

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[shechoselove.livejournal.com]

Is this a serious question?

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Ha, maybe as a sick joke if she had a sister name Amelia! :P

[diamond-eyes18.livejournal.com]

I had those "Amelia Bedelia" books as a child, they were about this weird maid who put a turkey in clothes and all this other stupid stuff. So I can't think of this name without thinking of that and I really really don't like it.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

Ummm what?

There was a children's book character named Amelia Bedelia. She was pretty dumb. That's all I think of when I hear that name

[istytehcrawk.livejournal.com]

Sponge cake!

[quite-rosie.livejournal.com]

LOL because they told her to "dress the turkey" and she took it literally. Those books were great for teaching expressions to my ESL students!

[cherryboomstick.livejournal.com]

I don't like it, but Bea is definitely a better nickname than Delia.

[searlait.livejournal.com]

Amelia Bedelia books pissed me off so bad when I was a kid.

[searlait.livejournal.com]

I'm starting to feel like the OP is just fucking around.

[coquine.livejournal.com]

I think of the children's books Amelia Bedelia, the silly maid...

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

I'm half-kidding half-serious.

Bedelia is an actual name.

The Amelia part is an homage to the books of my childhood. That wacky Amelia Bedelia!

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

Do you make up these names?
I'm not being snarky or anything, I just wondered if you really did see this name somewhere.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

Yes it's a real name. It's a variation of Beatrice. It's not that weird. It's not like I am asking what do you think of Tennis Racket for a boy's name?

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

If I were a troll wouldn't I be asking about odder names than Bedelia? It's not that weird of a name.

WDYT of the name Cold Cream Hudson for a girl?

[glitterberrys.livejournal.com]

Not a fan of the name. Love the books though.

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of this book that's been mentioned. My first thought was "isn't there an actress named Bonnie Bedelia?" When delia is part of the name Cordelia, I don't mind it so much, as long as the nick name was Cordy. But then I equate my acceptance of Cordelia with nn Cordy, to Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The "Be" part of Bedelia bugs me because it's like the sounding out sound used when teaching kids how to say words that start with the letter b. =/

[adriatic-song.livejournal.com]

Ewww no. All I think of is that mixed up children's book character Amelia Bedelia.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

'Bedelen' is Dutch for 'to beg'...so that's all I can think of when I see that name.

Anyway...I'd go with the nickname Delia.

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

not crazy about Bedelia- my grandma's name was Delia (she passed) and I wanted to name a daughter after her- my husband HATES the name- so no Delia's for us- I think it's cute though

[piecesofmoi.livejournal.com]

I immediatly think of the Amelia Bedelia books that I read as a kid lol. I much prefer Cordelia, if you are going for that sound in a name.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

According to my baby name book it is a legit name.
Bedelia (Irish) A form of Bridget.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

It's in my baby name book (100,000+ Baby Names by Bruce Lansky).

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Like...Amelia Bedelia? That Bedelia? It's pretty freakin' awful, I would say.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

Did I say it was weird?