beth

[hashim]

Honestly, truthfully please. My daughter is called Elizabeth, but we call her Beth. I'm a little conerned that some people call her 'beff' and some say 'our beth' sounding like Arbeth.
Do you think we should shorten it to something else, such as Liza or Elsie?

[mollymawk]

Beth is lovely and my favourite diminutive of Elizabeth. Stick with it, I say!

[Bertolli]

Yes, well said molly.

Beth is a pretty and lovely name

[Heated]

Ditto.

[ChanJackieTylerNo]

Absolutely - Beth's lovely.

[BibiThree]

Beth is a fab name

[ja9]

beth is lovely. i'm not so keen on anyone saying "our xxx" though realise that it is sometimes necessary.

[CristinaTheAstonishing]

Beth is nice. Our DD2 has Elizabeth as a middle name and one of her nn is Bets (given by her 3 year old sister).

[sweetkitty]

Love it too DD3 is going to be a Bethany when she finally decides to come out!

[onepieceoflollipop]

We would have chosen Beth but it doesn't go with our surname, so we use another shortened version of the name. People will always try to shorten/cutify names. If they say "our Beth" then they would probably do the same with any other name e.g. "our hashim"

Love it btw, bit that it sounds rubbish with our surname!

[sweetkitty]

Beth not good with our surname which is why we like Bethany, she can shorten it later is she wants.

[MaryAnnSingleton]

too Little Women for me

[mamabea]

It's my name and I love it too. sometimes get called Beff- but never think about it really.

don't worry about it.

[hashim]

Thanks for making me feel better. I suppose when she is older she can change it to another dimunitive if she so wishes.

[greenelizabeth]

I love Beth. Very pretty. I also like Eliza and Libby but I know a few of them, I think they are more popular. Beth is very pretty and at the moment the rarest nn from Elizabeth, so it's a great name and a lovely nn!

[bethoo]

my name is Elizabeth but am refered to as Beth. i always thought it was much prettier than Liz

[kiddiz]

I love Beth. Wanted dd to be Beth but dh didn't. She has Elizabeth as a second name as a compromise

[OurHamsterisevil]

I adore Beth. I had a childhood friend called Beth. Not short for Elizabeth. Her sister has just called her DD2 Phoebe Beth. Beautiful IMO.

Much prefer it to other shortened versions of Elizabeth

[Hulababy]

Beth is a pretty name; I like it.

[andyrobo237]

one of my niece's is a 'Beth' just simple and short - it is a great name.

[Yorky]

Beth is lovely, I would use it as a short for Bethany not Elizabeth as there are too many options with Elizabeth which I don't like. If only DH agreed with me it would be much simpler!

[Saymyname]

Yes I quite like it but am biased here too.

[bluenosesaint]

Beth is beautiful. Elizabeth is my all-time favourite girls name ...i adore it!

[Janni]

Lovely name.