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Elizabeth's nickname

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Biniverse · 02/08/2024 08:26

What's your favorite nickname for Elizabeth?

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TeamPolin · 14/08/2024 23:39

Libby or Beth

mewkins · 14/08/2024 09:37

OMGitsnotgood · 02/08/2024 10:14

Get used to the idea that whatever you call her, you won't have control over what she becomes known as - either through her choice or her friends'. That said I love almost all the Elizabeth associated names.

My friend's Mum used to get really upset when friends and family called my friend Lizzie or Betsy because they weren't names she'd given her but as pretty as Elizabeth is, it's a gob full and bound to be shortened.

This isn't necessarily true. I have an Elizabeth who has always been Lizzie- most of her friends have no idea her name is Elizabeth. Schools now don't insist on using the names on the birth certificate so you can choose what shortening to be known by.

sel2223 · 14/08/2024 09:32

My favourites are Libby and Beth

Also like Lizzie

Gowlett · 13/08/2024 14:04

Betty

PurpleChrayn · 13/08/2024 14:03

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/08/2024 08:27

Either Ellie Beth Zab. Betsy.

Zab??

Menstum · 13/08/2024 08:42

What's wrong with just plain Elizabeth? It's what I prefer to be called.

Samzzz · 13/08/2024 05:25

Betty or Betsy. Adorable!

RitaIncognita · 13/08/2024 00:58

For all you pedants, or pendants, as the case may be, a diminutive can also be a nickname. All diminutives are nicknames, but not all nicknames are diminutives.

My vote is for Libby.

LoserWinner · 13/08/2024 00:45

I had a friend at infant school whose shortened Elizabeth was Zibba.

PeatrixBotter · 13/08/2024 00:41

Libby yes, flappy. Sounds too much like labia to me.

PeatrixBotter · 13/08/2024 00:41

Imogen
Bets
Betsy
I love the actual name Elizabeth but I don't like any Eliza...something nicknames.

Messen · 13/08/2024 00:31

Liza/ Lisa and good ol Liz are my favourites. It’s so personal, I cannot bear Libby, because of the noise it makes, much too flappy of lip and also much too cutesy. Betsy is great.

Strong and not frilly.

aliasname · 13/08/2024 00:24

Betsy, Elsie or Elsbeth.

also, Friends alert, Mikes mum was called ‘Bitsy’ which does sound more like a toy poodle than a grown woman.

Thiswayforward · 13/08/2024 00:15

Beth or Eliza

lemarr · 11/08/2024 11:36

Bessy, Betty or Beth

StellaCruella · 07/08/2024 19:26

Betsy

theduchessofspork · 07/08/2024 19:21

Also quite fond of Buffy..

theduchessofspork · 07/08/2024 19:21

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 02/08/2024 08:27

Either Ellie Beth Zab. Betsy.

Zab is rather fab. I also like Libby - and Lizbie which used to be popular in the 19C but unusual now.

XelaM · 07/08/2024 19:04

My daughter prefers Lizzie but my ex-husband's family call her Ellie

PruneInTheNest · 07/08/2024 19:01

Libby or Betty

Not keen at all on Liz, just makes me think of a 50 year old woman (not that there is anything wrong with that of course- just it’s synonymous of a certain generation for me, like Sharon, Jane, Karen etc)

3peassuit · 07/08/2024 18:58

Tess

Holidayhell22 · 07/08/2024 18:56

Lilibet and Lily are my favourites. Betty is cue too.
I don’t see Beth as short for Elizabeth, more short for Bethany or Bethan.
The Libbys I know are all just Libby. Not short for anything.

Thewildthingsarewithme · 07/08/2024 18:50

Bessie 😍

Wowwellokthen · 07/08/2024 18:33

I'm a Lizzie

I also know a Lilly and a Betty who are Elizabeths

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 07/08/2024 18:30

Lizzie for a little girl, Liz for a teenager or adult. Some people suit Beth, but it could be confusing as Beth is sometimes given as a name in its own right, so you'd have to watch out that people knew her full name for anything official.

MonaChopsis a friend's DD used to call herself Bibbuf - my DS called her Nissi-nush! (TBF they were both 2 at the time.)