Beth..?

[Northernrose]

What do you think?
And Elizabeth on birth certificate, or not?

We have a dd Anna already and I'm just interested in people's thoughts. Ultrasonographer thought it was a girl but couldn't be sure, baby had it's legs crossed!

thanks!

I like it

Beth is lovely

Lovely.

Beth fine on its own.

Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh.... I have to post!! It is incredibly rare that I like a name, I just have to jump at the chance to post something positive on baby names!!!

I like Beth [busmile]

There are pro's & con's for both the long & short name on the BC. There are a zillion threads on here if you want to read them! However, IMO only put Elizabeth if you like it and if you like Liz - if you don't like either of those, put Beth!

I love Beth!

And I also love Elizabeth, and pretty much all its other nicknames - apart from Liz!! Grrr. But I think I would still have Elizabeth on birth certificate!

Lovely yes, but please use the full name on the birth certificate. I have a real thing about people giving their DC hugely shortened versions of traditional names. By all means shorten the name yourself to a version you love but please don't put that on the certificate.

My DM's friend's son called his DS Alex Ben and he - the son - couldn't understand why they didn't put Alexander Benjamin on his birth cert. Now he's 19 and trying to get a job he is giving his name as Alexander Benjamin Surname as he thinks his real full name makes his parent look a bit daft. His words!!

Beth's a lovely name, and definitely put elizabeth on the birth certificate

Love it!

Elizabeth is my favourite girls name, so I would definitely put Elizabeth on the BC.

Obviously only put full name on if you like the full name. If you only like Beth, then just put Beth. It's a lovely name in it's own right.

Beth is gorgeous!!

If you don't like Elizabeth you could always put Bethan/Bethany.

lovely, one of my all time fave names :)

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Anna and Beth, lovely.

Agree that Beth should have a long BC name.

Anna and Beth are such gorgeous names! I would use Elizabeth on the birth cert though...

Beth is beautiful, as is Anna, excellent choices. If she isn't going to be called Elizabeth there is probably no real need to put it on her birth certificate

Beth is gorgeous, is is my daughter's middle name, and just Beth on the birth certificate. Tis one of the only few shortened names that deserves this honour IMHO.

I really like Beth, use it.

How about Bethan for BC (that's what I would have I think, rather than Elizabeth or Bethany).

God YES love it! Beth is a perfectly good name on it's own but I do love Bethan for BC. I wouldn't us elizabeth simply because I has other obvious nick names which I don't like as much such as liz and lizzie.

My daughter is Beth with Elizabeth on her BC. So obviously I love it.

Thanks all, lots of lovely comments here! [busmile]

Am interested in the long/short name on bc debate. We've thought before that calling another girl Bethan would make it more similar to Anna than we would want - but maybe that's just us and not actually an issue in real life!! Do actually love the name though...does anyone have any thoughts about it making the name too similar to dd1's?

The thing is, as some people have also said here, neither of us like Liz or Lizzie much, although pretty much like all other nn. No offence to any Liz/Lizzie's btw, or their parents (!) just our personal preference! So that makes us lean towards Beth on the bc...

Hmm...need to mull it all over I think. Maybe we'll know when she arrives that she's a Beth or Elizabeth?!

Thanks everyone! Really helpful as we don't tell anyone in RL any name/sex details of the baby until it arrives! [busmile]

I like Beth and don't see any problem with putting that on the birth certificate.

Bethan is nothing like anna to my ears! I love them both. Beth is gorgeous name.

Love Beth. i'ts beautiful. I also like Bethan and Bethany. Can't go wrong with any name that has beth in it.

Gorgeous name. i'd go for Elizabeth on the BC too. I also like the NN Betty.