Elizabeth, opinions please.

[emmyloulou]

I will be using it anyway, just trying to gauge opinion, as many mums now, or women younger than me pull their faces as if it were the most horrific name on earth.

Yet all the older people I tell seem to love it, am I giving her a name which will result in funny faces from her peers?

Love it - (for me I liked nn Betsy) was on our list but we're having a boy so no chance to use it now.

AphraBen-No my initials aren't JS :)

Ok!

Love it. If ever have a daughter, that will be her name. She will be named after Miss Bennett. By a happy coincidence, it is also the name of the first British woman to graduate in medicine, so a kick ass name all round!

was wondering - Philip? Charles?

Love it. I like Beth and Lily as nn's.

I've always liked it because of the variety of NNs.

It is classic. You can't go wrong with it. I prefer Elisa, though.

Would have considered it but it's my sister's name and my friend has just given the name to her daughter too. I went to school with a LOT of Elizabeths. I only know one who goes by the full name (and she's MOST insistent about it - anyone who calls her Liz gets short shrift). Most are either Liz, Lizzie or Beth.