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Elizabeth?

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Ellen35 · 19/11/2020 12:15

Nice for a baby or too middle aged/too much of a mouthful?

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RaraRachael · 19/11/2020 20:34

I like it - my baby was born on the queen's birthday so was going to be called Elizabeth except that it turned out to be a boy Grin

It would nice to be kept as Elizabeth instead of the obsession with nicknames and calling it Beth or Lizzy etc

Brighterthansunflowers · 19/11/2020 20:22

My all time favourite name! I especially love Libby as the nickname

If you’re worried Elizabeth is too much of a big name for a little baby, there’s so many options to shorten it

YoniAndGuy · 19/11/2020 17:54

I think it's the safest/ most unproblematic girls choice a parent could make.

That's why it's so boring!! Grin

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 19/11/2020 17:49

Ultimate classic name - actually it's the only girls name that has never left the top 100 since we started keeping records hundreds of years ago (it was in the top 50 women's names in the 1300's, the 1700's and the 1900's!). In fact it's only just left the top 50 in the last couple of years.

It has never been unpopular so I don't understand how anyone can say Elizabeth is old-fashioned or fusty. I also don't understand how anyone could call it boring - I counted nearly two dozen nicknames/variations for Elizabeth (so it's also the name with the most variety - she can make it her own if she wants to). I think it's the safest/ most unproblematic girls choice a parent could make.

bridgetreilly · 19/11/2020 17:40

You are naming a person, not just a baby.

I love Betty or Betsy as nicknames. Beth is also sweet.

YoniAndGuy · 19/11/2020 17:33

Timeless blah blah but, I just think it's stuffy, boring and Liz is terrible.

Salamander91 · 19/11/2020 17:23

Lovely classic name. My nana was called Elizabeth but nn Lil. I didn't actually know her name was Elizabeth until after she died 🙈

Zolaanna · 19/11/2020 16:33

Absolutely awful. Ugly and frumpy. But as a caveat I hate all name MN loves Grin
And I like names MN loath.
So maybe I have appalling taste! I don't like old fashioned frumpy names and Liz is a horrible sound

AmazingBouncingFerret · 19/11/2020 16:23

I’m biased because I have an Elizabeth. She goes by LizzyBee or Liza. She hates her full name and plans to change it to a shortening as soon as she is able though! 😂

TeenPlusTwenties · 19/11/2020 15:55

Timeless, classic, lovely.

Faynite · 19/11/2020 15:53

Love it, would have been on the short list if I had had a DD.

PabloHoneyBee · 19/11/2020 15:51

I like it too, but I don't like Liz, (but that's because I know two who are just vile). That would be my only hesitation. Weirdly, I do like Lizzy and pretty much all the other shortening options. Eliza, Beth, Betsy, Betty.

Firebird83 · 19/11/2020 14:24

The best name in my opinion

AnneOfCleavage · 19/11/2020 14:22

Elizabeth is a classic timeless name. I prefer Elisabeth nn Lissie or Lissa/ Lissia or Elisa. You could have Lil or Lily as well.

CharitySchmarity · 19/11/2020 14:16

I think it's beautiful and timeless. I like most of the common short forms, but I don't think it has to be shortened - I have known quite young girls who went by Elizabeth and people coped.

Whatsyourflava · 19/11/2020 14:10

Adore it!
Middle aged names to me are more Sarah Debbie and Hayley type names (all nice of course)
The sort of names that totally slumped after a big boom and now are no where near the top 100 or even top 1000

missmouse101 · 19/11/2020 13:27

No, too middle aged (as you put it!)

Fenellapitstop · 19/11/2020 13:21

I have a Lilibet which is a pet name for Elizabeth

gingerbreadfox · 19/11/2020 13:16

Love it

HalfSiblingsMadeContact · 19/11/2020 12:58

Agree you've got loads of options with it, I think there's a nickname for every personality, and you can change around as a child gets older too.

I had speech delay from hearing problems when I was little and was "Buffy" for a bit - the closest I could come to pronouncing Elizabeth was something like Wurbuf

TragedyHands · 19/11/2020 12:56

I think this has to be the most versatile name, so many possibilities.

ilovespinach · 19/11/2020 12:55

Love it. Prefer Elisabeth though....

Starlight39 · 19/11/2020 12:51

I really like it but don't like that many of the shortened versions so I'd have a think about them before you go for it as it is one of those names that will probably be shortened at some point even if you insist on it being full when she's small!

Chickoletta · 19/11/2020 12:50

Beautiful - I would call her Elsie for short.

WhySoSensitive · 19/11/2020 12:47

Betsy or Lyla are my Elizabeth nn.
Versatile, will grow well with her.