Can I use the name Elizabeth if I don't like the nickname Liz?

My 5 month old Elizabeth is either Elizabeth or Lilibet.
We have yet to settle on a short/nick name for her really. I wasn't really expecting my husband to finally agree to Elizabeth, so I didn't think too deeply about it!

So many shortenings. Just pick a different one to use and it will stick.
Announce it like the Royals: 'Elizabeth Jasmine to be known as Beth'.

Off-track slightly but I really like Lisbeth

Elizabeth was my preferred name for dd2 but I also don't like Liz. I decided I couldn't take the risk as I really don't like Liz. However I do still love the full name plus Libby as a short version.
I think it depends on how much you love the name Vs dislike Liz!

I teach a Betsy who's full name is Elizabeth and I love it

The only young Elizabeths I've met are Libby, Lizzy, Beth or Elizabeth.
The only Liz I know is my auntie Liz and she's in her 70s!
I love Libby and Beth - it's one of those names where you can choose the nickname when they are young imo.

There's an Elisabeth in my family. The 's' tends to stop people saying Lizzie or Liz. I've mostly heard Elizabeths being called Libby, Buffy, Beth, and Eliza.

I have an Elisabeth, no-one's ever tried to call her Liz. Her nickname has always been Lily (not deliberately, I'd actually envisaged Beth as a nice NN).

One elderly lady calls her Little Lizzy, but it's meant affectionately and she only sees her once a year, so I just smile and wave...

Elizabeth in my family is always called Lil or Elizabeth. Never been a Liz or Lizzie and she wouldn't answer to it. I think most Lizzies probably get shortened to Liz eventually though.

I am an Elizabeth in my early 30's and I hate Liz. I am very definitely Lizzie (or Elizabeth). I introduce myself as Lizzie and although some people (usually older people) hear that and call me Liz regardless, it does not affect what I want to be called, how I use my name etc.

Personally I don't like Libby/Betty/ Betsy etc as they have always sounded babyish to me. I was just called Elizabeth by my family until I started speaking, when Lizzie was the closest approximation of what I managed to say! Also I loved writing the letter 'z'. No one else had one in their name!

Echo all the other posters that you can lead the way with her nicknames.
But can i add that my dd chose a nickname that had not occurred to me , and that I didn’t like it.

But now, it has associations with my delightful dd, so it’s grown on me.
You may be the same,

If you don’t like Liz don’t use elizabeth

Liz is such s natural shortening that I'd avoid Elizabeth if you hate Liz!

I love Elizabeth but don’t like Liz also. I don’t think you should use it (unless you really love it and ‘Liz’ might grown on you)

I always forget to put my proper name down on forms. Been called lizzy from very young I forget it's not my actual name 😂

I know a grown up Elizabeth who has always been Elizabeth. No nicknames at all. It's a great name!

For sure you can use it. Elizabeth was a name on my list too and I'd never even considered people might use Liz as a nickname. Liz is very dated and most people now I don't think would use it. If you tell people her nickname from the start, they'll get used to it and she'll be known as that.
The great thing with Elizabeth is the amount of nickname potential - Lizzie, Beth, Bea, Eliza, Betty, Bette, Lilibet, it goes on and on.

Alternative nicknames to Liz have been mentioned and are all nice. You can call her whatever you choose. However, as your daughter grows, it will be up to her what she is called informally. Who knows, she might like Liz - as it happens, so do I.

Definitely. It has to be the most versatile name ever.
Eliza, Liza, Lizzy, Lil, Beth, Bet, Betty, Betsy, Elsie, Elsa, Ellie. No need to ever be Liz.

I think it depends on where you are. In South Wales, Elizabeth is IME always shortened to liz. I know 2 , 30-40 year old liz. I know 3 , 20-30 year old liz. I know 1 , 9 year old Lizzie who will obviously be called Liz for short. I LOVE Elizabeth , but where I live means that Libby, Liza etc just wont happen. I could call her that, but colloquially amongst friends etc- she'd be Liz whether I liked it or not.

The emphasis of Elizabeth is on the Liz. That's possibly why s lot of Elizabeth's end up as Liz?

Personally I'd avoid Elizabeth if you hate Liz.

My niece is an Elizabeth and has always been known as Beth by everyone. If you choose a nickname and use it, that's what people will use, unless she chooses to be known by something else when she's older.

I think you’d need to pick a nickname you like and enforce it. Otherwise you run the risk of someone calling her Liz and it sticking.

If you really really hate it don’t choose Elizabeth.

I adore Libby as a nickname for Elizabeth

If you choose Libby, Beth, Betty, Betsy, Ellie etc then they’re unlikely to become Liz.

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