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Favourite nn for Elizabeth?

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MoominMeggy · 16/12/2021 12:05

I'm starting to quite like Elizabeth, mainly due to the abundance of nicknames. My favourite is Beth I think. Someone suggested Tess could also be nn? What would your favourite nn be? Also, do you think naming your baby Elizabeth might make you sound a bit royalist??

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GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 26/12/2021 00:59

I think Bethany is quite a new name

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 26/12/2021 00:58

Betsy is nice, but so is Lizzie. I think Lizzie is my favourite.

Of course Beth is short for Elizabeth.

Nancy is not - it’s a diminutive of Ann/ Anne

PamelaDoov · 24/12/2021 23:08

It’s very weird to come on mumsnet and see my name everywhere, feel like I’m being talked about Grin
Its not Elizabeth, it’s one of the diminutives.

Libby or Betty are nice nicknames.

schoolsoutforever · 18/12/2021 14:31

I like Beth, Betsy and, favourite is Lizzie (I have a friend with this name who is super cool). All the diminutives of Elizabeth are nice (apart from Liz - sorry to Lizes everywhere)

KirstenBlest · 18/12/2021 14:19

Not Lilibet

Eliza34 · 17/12/2021 19:22

I love Eliza (username blatantly obvious) but love the full title too!!

Disfordarkchocolate · 17/12/2021 18:39

Libby
Lizzy
Beth

MissCruellaDeVil · 17/12/2021 18:38

@XmasSadface

Beth isnt a nickname of Elizabeth, that's stealing! Beth is it's own name - Bethany. Very cute name.
You sure? It's literally in the name!Grin
MissCruellaDeVil · 17/12/2021 18:36

Elsie, Liz, Lizzie, Lissy. Libby, Beth, Bethan, Tess, Izzy. There are plenty!

RestingStitchFace · 17/12/2021 18:34

Libby

swampytiggaa · 17/12/2021 18:01

My Elizabeth was always Elizabeth. I also have a Victoria and an Alexandra. I am not a royalist 😂😂

All of them go by their full names 😊

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 17/12/2021 17:58

Oh, forgot Buffy and Bizzy/Busy for Elizabeth too - very cute nn's on a little one.

Crosswordqueen99 · 17/12/2021 15:25

Bessie and Lizzie.

KirstenBlest · 17/12/2021 13:28

I like Liz but not keen on Elsie.

Kokeshi123 · 17/12/2021 13:25

Am I the only one who likes "Liz"? I think it's quite cool sounding.

I love Eliza but think it's different-sounding enough that it really needs to be a separate name.

Mumofgirls2017 · 17/12/2021 09:53

Eliza
Betty
Betsy
Elsie
Bessie
Elspeth

DaisyWaldron · 17/12/2021 00:06

I have never heard of Tess as a nickname for Elizabeth, only for Theresa. This thread is the first time I've ever come across it. Was it actually a thing, before Tess Daley?

Luredbyapomegranate · 16/12/2021 23:55

Lizbie

I have heard Tess as a nn. It’s too popular to have particular royal associations

SunsetSmartmeter · 16/12/2021 22:59

My Grandmother was Elizabeth & she loved her full name & hated the fact that it had always been shortened to Bettie.

After she died my cousin named his daughter Elizabeth after her...she is 9 now & gets called Bettie too, so it's just going down the generations Grin

I think it's an outstanding name. My favourite shortening would be Bess.

Twizbe · 16/12/2021 22:10

@VanillaAndOrange

I like Liz for adults but I'd probably use Lizzie at least until secondary school.
Lol - secondary school was when I became Liz rather than Lizzie.
UndeadSlut · 16/12/2021 22:08

Beth or Betsy. Really dislike Ellie, and can't imagine a Liz under 40!

I know two 7 year old Elizabeths who are known as Lizzie and Elizabeth.

The Betsy I knew was just Betsy on the birth certificate.

Twizbe · 16/12/2021 22:07

I'm an Elizabeth and always known as either Lizzie or Liz.

Twizbe is my brothers nn for me from not being able to say Lizzie properly.

My mum said she picked it because there are 42 nicknames for Elizabeth so I was bound to find one I liked.

hopingforabrighterfuture2021 · 16/12/2021 21:58

I love the name Elizabeth. My favourite nn is Libby, but Beth is also nice.

piglet81 · 16/12/2021 21:58

Betsy

But most of the nicknames are great!

rc22 · 16/12/2021 21:52

Test is a nn for Theresa.

I'm an Elizabeth known as Liz and I hate it. I didn't really chose it, people just started to call me it! I wish I'd adopted Beth myself as I prefer that. I also like Bess or Bessie but would have very unfashionable growing up in the 80s and 90s I suppose.