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Anna, Emma or Elizabeth

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thickoozymudlongwavygrass · 03/02/2023 20:52

Which one and why?

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FlutterbButterfly · 03/02/2023 20:59

Elizabeth , almost endless diminutive, derivatives and nicknames!

Love Lizzie

Anna, Elizabeth and Emma are wonderful names. I like the name Elizabeth for the reasons quoted above. But I also like the simplicity of Anna/Emma as well. You can’t go wrong with any of the three. All in all, great choices.

PinkSyCo · 05/02/2023 20:52

Emma’s too common. Anna’s quite nice, though I think I prefer Annie. I wouldn’t personally chose Elizabeth for a child of mine ( I’m too common) but I do think it’s a beautiful name.

Parker231 · 05/02/2023 20:49

DD has Elisabeth as her middle name as it’s a family name.

Love Anna

StellaOlivetti · 05/02/2023 20:46

Elizabeth, but they’re all lovely.

LizzieBet14 · 05/02/2023 20:42

I like Anna the best - classic but still suits a child today.
I prefer Elizabeth for a middle name (but would shorten it to Eliza for a first name) Emma is a bit 80's for me.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 04/02/2023 23:50

Anna. Simple, elegant, very international and a cool palindrome name to boot.

2nd choice Elizabeth - super timeless classic and very cool historical namesakes; but 4 syllable names do tend to get shortened so who knows what your Elizabeth will get called/choose (and I'm personally not keen on the most commonplace Liz/Lizzie).

Emma should be fab (Early Queens, Jane Austen etc) but for some reason I find it a bit of a dull/stodgy sounding name?

Similar in style to Anna - maybe Lara, Julia, Laura, Sara, Helena, Louisa, Claudia, Eva, Maria? (trying to think of shortish, classic, international names)

CharitySchmarity · 04/02/2023 22:52

This is hard - I really like all three. I think I might very slightly prefer Elizabeth, but there's not a lot in it. I also don't agree that you can't use both Emma and Anna - I've known sisters with those names. If anything I probably wouldn't use both Emma and Elizabeth as I wanted to avoid having siblings with the same initials, but it's not the worst thing in the world.

Lordofthebutterfloofs · 04/02/2023 14:11

Elsbeth

MrsSiriusBlack1 · 04/02/2023 14:08

Anna , very pretty and timeless

user1492757084 · 04/02/2023 14:05

Alice
Anna
Emma
Elizabeth
Claire
Ellen
Mary
Georgia
Lisa
Lucy

KirstenBlest · 04/02/2023 13:40

I'm not keen on Eliza either and it's almost as long as Elizabeth and seems a bit whiny. Bess it terrific.

Jayneisagirlsname · 04/02/2023 13:15

I love all 3 and order would be

  1. Emma
  2. Elizabeth
  3. Anna

My dd was nearly Elizabeth but she looked more like her name (Louisa). We would've used Bess as a nickname. There are so many lovely variations on Elizabeth. I personally really dislike Eliza / too much like lies.

TwilightSilhouette · 04/02/2023 13:11

Anna I find bland. I like Elizabeth or Emma.

loriat · 04/02/2023 13:10

We have a grown up Emma, so obviously biased. However, even though I still like the name, not sure I would name a baby that now, a bit dated. I'd go for Anna or even better Eliza, which I much prefer to Elizabeth.

Anon778833 · 04/02/2023 09:46

Anna and Elizabeth both very nice.

Theemptychair23 · 04/02/2023 08:37

I love them all, but would say Emma.

Lisbeth50 · 04/02/2023 08:01

They are all lovely. Emma so probably my favourite. Elizabeth has so many variants which is useful.

You could go for 2 of them: Emma Elizabeth or Anna Elizabeth or Elizabeth Anna all sound lovely.

Eliza is also a lovely name.

piggijg · 04/02/2023 08:00

Elizabeth is timeless and international. I prefer Emily to Emma.

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Clara

ItsJustASimpleLine · 04/02/2023 07:48

There are so many A names for girls in school at the moment they are very popular. I'd choose either of the other two.

Sleepyblueocean · 04/02/2023 07:33

All lovely. My favourite is Elizabeth because of the choice of nicknames but you can't go wrong with any of them.

Dragonsandcats · 04/02/2023 07:16

I like Anna or Elizabeth. Although as pp’s have said, Elizabeth is likely to be shortened.

octoberfarm · 04/02/2023 07:13

Anna - just such a lovely simple classic. Emma to be sounds a bit dated now and Elizabeth has always felt a bit too formal for me (Sorry!). But really love Anna!

Indecisivemamabear · 04/02/2023 06:56

Depends how common you want her name to be. Elizabeth and all it’s many variations will be extra popular this year and next due to the Queen passing away

ScreamALullabye · 04/02/2023 06:35

Emma is my favourite, not keen on Anna or Elizabeth but I also like Emmie and Annie as alternatives

touterustome · 04/02/2023 05:58

Emma - simple and lovely

Anna - also simple and lovely but more boring

Elizabeth - just find it so stuffy and old fashioned but not in a good way