Just Elizabeth

Elizabeth is the name of my 14 year old god daughter. No shortening. I like it.

I think it's beautiful. My mum is Elizabeth and our daughter has it as a middle name (her first name is after DPs late mum).

I come from a family of Elizabeth's. It is a classic very normal English name. No steriotype as it gos from queen to delinquent ( glares at nightmare cousin Elizabeth).
I know 4 all ages who use the full Elizabeth and approx 10 who are Liz, Beth, Betty, Eliza etc.

my sister name was elizabeth she was fine with had happy teens in the 90s .Her nickname was lizy but used her full name for jobs and paperwork

I know an Elizabeth and her life was made a bit of a misery as a child as children used to gang up on her as she was 'posh'. (1990s peculiar class bashing.) I remember she went on holiday with us and told everyone her name was Stacy while we were there.

She ditched Elizabeth when she was a teen and is known as a shorter version.

I'm an Elizabeth and I hate it, always have done. I get called Liz most of the time although it's not a diminuative I've ever chosen as I hate that too!
It has never suited me, so I'm completely biased against it!

Should say the Elizabeth I know is very witty and quite fun. I don't think the name particularly suits her though if I'm 100% honest - she'd really suit Eliza I think, but she hates it!

We nearly called DD Elizabeth, but that was really because we liked all the shortened versions. Thinking about it now I don't particularly like the full version... It's a lot of syllables for one name and maybe a wee bit stuffy maybe, in my very personal opinion.

I do know one Elizabeth who absolutely insists on the full name (not that I ever tried to shorten it). She's in her thirties I think.

I know three children under ten who are called Elizabeth & known by their full name. A 4yo at DS' nursery, a 10 yo at DD's school, a 6yo at DD's ballet. It is a lovely name and seems to work on them at all ages.
I know at least half a dozen through school, nursery, brownies & friends who are Elizabeth on their birth certificates and called it sometimes but are usually known by an abbreviations (2 X Lizzie, 2 X Libby, 1 X Eliza, 1 X Beth, 1 X Lily).

I love the name. I think it's strong and won't date. One of the advantages is that there are so many ways of shortening it that if she wants a short form she'll have no trouble finding one that suits her own identity as she grows up.

I do write, and one day I will call a character Elizabeth. I haven't had a heroine yet who really suits the name and I don't want to waste it on the 'wrong' character. When she does come along I expect she'll be determined, capable of fun, grown up.

I don't think it's old-fashioned, particularly. It's a classic timeless name, like Sarah, Emily, etc.

I don't know any young ones (not necessarily because it's not a used name, I just don't know that many kids, and most of the ones I do know are boys!) but all the adult ones I know go by shortened versions. I think that is absolutely inevitable with a long name like Elizabeth.