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To change my name from Elizabeth

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awkwardasfuck · 18/06/2025 23:56

God I just hate it. It sounds like lizard. It's a Christian name meaning "loved by god" and I'm a staunch atheist. It was the Queens name and I'm firmly anti royal. It was my maternal grandmothers name and she was abusive to my mum, who, in turn, has passed that trauma and abuse onto me to the point where we are no contact. Ive always been called Lisa but I don't like that much either.

I've been going by Lis, pronounced "Liss" but what can I move to? Urgh.

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TheFlakyAquaSloth · 19/06/2025 18:30

Zara?

LlynTegid · 19/06/2025 18:27

Use your middle name perhaps?

Mary Truss and Leonard Callaghan did, for example.

tequilam0ckingbird · 19/06/2025 18:25

x2boys · 19/06/2025 10:05

I do too i wonder if it's the same one 🤔

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I wouldn't be surprised as it's not something I've heard of before.

CherryblossomRose · 19/06/2025 13:14

Lissy, it is still very much related to Elizabeth (ie Lizzy) but it's softer sounding.

I think Lis/Liss will still get heard as "Liz", but Lissy is less common so it works better.

Also it's like it's a nickname for Lisa, which you have been going by. Lissy has got three of the four letters of Lisa!

Elizabeth is a great "long" name though. It sounds so commanding and firm (in a good way). Being four syllables, it goes well with surnames of all lengths - one syllable, two syllables, three syllables... There's a lot of positives about having the first name Elizabeth. Everyone knows how to spell it too.

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 19/06/2025 13:13

I love your name. I hate my own name and Elizabeth is one of the names I’d choose instead.

The grass is always greener, I suppose.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 19/06/2025 13:10

Cherrytree86 · 19/06/2025 12:22

@awkwardasfuck

whats wrong with Hannah??

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To me, too often associated with an ancient, aproned old servant in old novels! But I have both a niece and a great-niece with that name, and so have kept my opinion to myself.

Klozza · 19/06/2025 13:09

Wreckinball · 19/06/2025 00:18

Betty
Lizzo
Lyza
QE2

QE2 😂😂😂😂😂

MagicMichaeICaine · 19/06/2025 13:06

Liberty sounds too much like an exotic dancer name to me.

NewsdeskJC · 19/06/2025 13:03

Liberty

ukathleticscoach · 19/06/2025 13:02

Karen could be a good choice!

turkeyboots · 19/06/2025 12:55

I know an Elizabeth who goes by many names depending on when people first met her. These days she uses her full name, but answers to Liz, Lizzy, Beth, Bess and Bessy.

Eliza is nice.

Hankunamatata · 19/06/2025 12:53

Izabeth

Hankunamatata · 19/06/2025 12:52

I wuite like ELL

Youlikepotatoesyes · 19/06/2025 12:49

Lizzy-B

L-Beth

El-Be

mangobird · 19/06/2025 12:45

Lilibeth? 😂

Champaganesupernova · 19/06/2025 12:43

I think it's a beautiful name with so many options to shorten . I am not fussed on my own name but even if I changed it everyone would still know me refer to me as it.

Pinkrosesyellowroses · 19/06/2025 12:42

Myblueclematis · 19/06/2025 09:07

My middle name is Elizabeth and I wish my parents had called me that rather than the forename they did give me.

There are lots of variations of Elizabeth but I really love it in full.

Me too.

TonTonMacoute · 19/06/2025 12:33

Elle- she who must be obeyed!

MyDogHumpsThings · 19/06/2025 12:32

awkwardasfuck · 18/06/2025 23:56

God I just hate it. It sounds like lizard. It's a Christian name meaning "loved by god" and I'm a staunch atheist. It was the Queens name and I'm firmly anti royal. It was my maternal grandmothers name and she was abusive to my mum, who, in turn, has passed that trauma and abuse onto me to the point where we are no contact. Ive always been called Lisa but I don't like that much either.

I've been going by Lis, pronounced "Liss" but what can I move to? Urgh.

I actually love the idea of calling yourself Lizard.

"Liz, short for Elizabeth?",
"No, Lizard".

HangryLikeTheHulk · 19/06/2025 12:30

Glizzy

sideeyes · 19/06/2025 12:28

Bess

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awkwardasfuck · 19/06/2025 12:26

IdLikeABackMassage · 19/06/2025 12:25

I think it's beside the point that Elizabeth is a lovely/classic name (it is - I was going to use it if I had a dd)

OP would like to shed a skin so I would endorse something completely unrelated to Elizabeth.

I have found it an extreme relief (after 30 years of trying to heal, so no running away from the monster) to step into the person that feels like the true me, untethered by all the baggage, which I have worked through and resolved.

What happened to me can't be undone, but we can put ourselves in charge now.

I'm so glad you found releif <3

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awkwardasfuck · 19/06/2025 12:25

godmum56 · 19/06/2025 12:24

there is only one answer of course

Balonz

YES!!! 🤣🤣

10/10

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IdLikeABackMassage · 19/06/2025 12:25

I think it's beside the point that Elizabeth is a lovely/classic name (it is - I was going to use it if I had a dd)

OP would like to shed a skin so I would endorse something completely unrelated to Elizabeth.

I have found it an extreme relief (after 30 years of trying to heal, so no running away from the monster) to step into the person that feels like the true me, untethered by all the baggage, which I have worked through and resolved.

What happened to me can't be undone, but we can put ourselves in charge now.

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awkwardasfuck · 19/06/2025 12:25

Cherrytree86 · 19/06/2025 12:22

@awkwardasfuck

whats wrong with Hannah??

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It's already taken in my family

(it's also the name of someone who drunkenly attacked me about ten years ago...)

And none of that withstanding I just don't like it as a name!

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