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Elizabeth's nickname

112 replies

Biniverse · 02/08/2024 08:26

What's your favorite nickname for Elizabeth?

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Pemba · 02/08/2024 14:03

Beth, Eliza, Bess or possibly Libby are all lovely.

Ahem, pedant alert, it's actually a diminutive, not a nickname, as it comes from shortening the actual name. A nickname could be anything, like, I don't know, 'Freckles', or 'Bunny'.

Moreteaandchocolate · 02/08/2024 13:54

BoleynMemories13 · 02/08/2024 09:55

Probably Libby or Beth. Elsie is sweet. Lizzie is ok, but perhaps feels a bit dated now. I know Lily is apparently a shortening of Elizabeth, but personally I see this as a completely different name.

I love Eliza but also see this as a totally different name, due to the stress on the "eye" sound which is different to how it's said in Elizabeth (a short "ih" sound). I understand the similar origins but I wouldn't naturally shorten Elizabeth to Eliza.

I agree with all of this.

bloodyeffinnora · 02/08/2024 12:32

Libby

Godesstobe · 02/08/2024 12:31

With a name like Elizabeth the parents don't really get to choose. My sister is Elizabeth and always introduces herself as Elizabeth and yet literally within seconds people she has never met before are calling her Liz as though they simply did not hear what she said. She finds it intensely irritating (although she realises most people are simply trying to be friendly). Just resign yourself to the fact that you can call her what you like at home but you can't control what she is called by others.
My own DD has a name that doesn't have an obvious shortened form but her school friends managed to come up with one and that is what a lot of people now call her. I absolutely hate it but I just have to grit my teeth and smile.
I really don't get this current obsession with parents choosing a "nickname" (by which people usually seem to mean a diminutive or shortened form). Nicknames develop naturally - they can't be imposed by parents outside the home.

urbanbuddha · 02/08/2024 12:29

Betty or Lizzie

RuthW · 02/08/2024 12:18

Lizzie or Betty

honeylulu · 02/08/2024 12:10

I'm an Elizabeth and I'm known as Lizzie. To me Lizzie sounds friendly (I can't bear Liz for some reason). Though lots of people have told me that Lizzie "sounds silly" and refused to use it!

My mum and sister have called me Lizbeth and Elspeth and I had a boyfriend who insisted on Beth which was a bit weird and didn't seem like my name at all.

My daughter has Elizabeth May as middle names and one of her nicknames is Betty May, my husband started it, not sure why.

I like the full name but being called it makes me feel like I'm being told off at school or attending a medical appointment!

ReadtheReviews · 02/08/2024 11:55

Buff and Buffy
Lizzy

dutysuite · 02/08/2024 11:54

I love Lizzie and I think it suits a teen. My DD middle name is Elizabeth and I call her Lizzie sometimes. I also like Eliza.

gingercat02 · 02/08/2024 11:51

I like Lib or Libby. My Aunt was a Betty and a friend is Lizzie.

Lisbeth50 · 02/08/2024 11:47

Lizzie or Libby.

I've also known Liz, Beth, Buffy.

User364837 · 02/08/2024 11:47

Libby is my favourite too
followed by Beth
Lizzie is my least favourite

OlderGlaswegianLivingInDevon · 02/08/2024 11:36

Going to be a pendant here too, my dd has a name which like Elizabeth has a few diminutives, but she had a few ' nicknames ' over the years i.e. pumpkin being one - which was more a term of endearment.

but why name a child one thing and actually want a diminutive for the name - just name the child Liz or whatever.

p.a. Elizabeth would have been the name of my 2nd daughter if I had one.

bughunter · 02/08/2024 11:32

Beth, Betsy, Bess and Betty are my favs.

AntiHop · 02/08/2024 11:30

Elsie or Beth.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 02/08/2024 11:30

I have an Elizabeth. Didn’t like Lizzie, at all, so told people she would be Beth. This lasted approximately 10 hours until I returned home, showed her to my older children. DS called her Lizzie. She’s been Lizzie ever since. It suits her, tbh.

I did say this to a friend, who responded, “But you couldn’t have called her Beth. She takes pages to die.”

CombatBarbie · 02/08/2024 11:30

The youngest Elizabeth I know is BiBi.

User364837 · 02/08/2024 11:28

Libby is my favourite too
followed by Beth
Lizzie is my least favourite

Sandysandwich · 02/08/2024 11:27

Libby
Eliza
Beth

NeverHadHaveHas · 02/08/2024 11:25

I have an Elizabeth and she is known mainly as Lizzy but we also call her as nicknames Lizzybet, Lizzy-Lou and Eliza. I loved Elizabeth and had no intention to shorten it but she arrived and looked like a Lizzy and that was that.

SaltySeaCat · 02/08/2024 11:15

Lizzie and Betty

Normallynumb · 02/08/2024 11:11

Beth

JollyGreenSnake · 02/08/2024 10:45

Lizzie

TheFormidableMrsC · 02/08/2024 10:17

We've got a Betty and a Lizzie.

KirstenBlest · 02/08/2024 10:16

Forgot Betsy - I like it.

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