Elsie - a name in its own right?

[LylaNovacek]

Is Elsie enough of a name on its own? I do love it. I know it's probably going to creep up in popularity.

Also struggling for a middle name to go with it. Our favourites with other names don't seem to quite go.

Surname is a 1 syllable noun.

So far we have:

Elsie Grace
Elsie Marie

[JestersHat]

Personally I think of it as a nickname for Elisabeth, but it's entirely up to you as many people do use nicknames as full names these days (Harry, Tilly, Charlie, Freddie, Molly etc).

Elisabeth Grace sounds very nice, as does Elsie Grace.

Elsie Marie - not sure about two "ie" endings together.

[GrimmaTheNome]

It was certainly used as a name in its own right end of 19th/start of 20h century - I had relatives with this name. One of whom absolutely hated it 'because its a housemaid's name' . She'd be appalled at its re-emergence

[pixiestix]

I've only heard of it as a name in its own right. I like it.
I would go for a longer middle name - 3 syllables, eg Matilda.

[oikopolis]

It's a nn for Elisabeth to me.
Elisabeth Grace is beautiful. So is Elisabeth Marie.
Elsie is pretty insubstantial to my ear.

[FetaCheeny]

I think of it as a name in it's own right. I consider it a bit too old lady for me, but still a perfectly nice name.

[2tired2bewitty]

It's my grandmother's name and she's 93 so definitely up there in the old lady stakes! I like it but she doesn't or I might have considered it for dd (who has a different old lady name! )

[nikster]

I love it - very cute but perfectly fine for an adult (or an old lady for that matter ).

[crocodilesmiles]

Yes, this is definitely a name in it's own right.......

Possible names could be: -

Elsie Nicole
Elsie Cherie
Elsie Lauren
Elsie Faye
Elsie Georgina
Elsie Serena

[LylaNovacek]

Thank you for this! I also love Clover but DH not keen. And couldn't have Elsie and Clover later down the line so am burning a bridge here!

The housemaid name had occurred to me too!

Elsie Faye I love, and surprise myself by quite liking Elsie Serena.

[AThingInYourLife]

nn for Elizabeth

I think it is pretty popular already.

I quite like it.

[MrsBovary]

Fine as a name in its own right, but personally would use Elisabeth as the long form.

[babycandance]

I have a little Elsa, dd1 has started calling her Elsie which I think is sweet but I've heard others saying it's an old lady name. I think it's lovely as a name in it's own right.

[simonthedog]

Definitely a name in it's own right. My grandmother is an Elsie born 1925.

[mumatron]

I really wanted Elsie for dd2 but it was dp's nans name and he didn't want to name after one nan and not the other (both had died within a few weeks of each other when I was pg)

We compromised and called her Eliza.

She gets called Elsie a lot as she is like a mini Dp's Nana Elsie.

She would have been Elsie Natalie

[bruffin]

What about Elspeth nn Elsie

[CheerfulYank]

I have Eleanora Josephine earmarked for a future DD, and really like Elsie as a nn. (To me it works, as Elle + Josie = Elsie :o)

It needs a longer name, I think. But if you don't want to use one, don't. :)

[jandymaccomesback]

Emma was once the archetypal housemaid's name, but that hasn't stopped people using it,so I can't see why you should be put off Elsie for that reason.

[mumatron]

Emma is another fine name! Lots of great people named Emma

[Nellabutterfly]

Yes, it was my great-grandmother's name. I wanted to use it for (upcoming) DC - full name I wanted was actually Elsie Lorelei - but was vetoed by DH as "too many Ls" :(

[GrimmaTheNome]

Emma is one of the truly class-spanning names - there were Lady Emmas but I never heard of a Lady Elsie .

However, I somehow doubt that in the 20th century any child called Elsie will be packed off below stairs so I wouldn't worry about it either if you like it.

[Daftapath]

Elsie is one of dd's middle names - ..... Elsie Rose.

She was named after dh's Nan who was Elsie Louisa.

[Red2011]

It was my mother's name - the only name her parents could think of when she was born as she wasn't expected to live. I always thought it was short for Elizabeth. She always wanted to be called Elise. I think it's nice as a nickname, but not a name on my 'preferred list'. Not that I'm an a position to have any prospective names at the moment :(

[brommum]

I wanted Elsie Mae for my dd1, but dh didn't like it, he liked libby. We called her Elizabeth Mae, which gets shortened so many ways, her friends call her Liz, but she also gets, lib, libby, lil, lillybet, Eliza, lizziemae .... and more importantly Elsie Mae! A truly versatile name that can change and grow as she does! Dd2 is called Dorothy Anne - Dottie!

[BackforGood]

I knew 2 Elsies who were just Elsie - never thought of it as being a shortened form of another name. To me (keep in mind I'm quite old ) it's an 'old lady name' , so, in the way names go, that makes it absolutly right for these years.