Elizabeth as a sister for William?

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Every girl's name I come up with seems to have something wrong with it! I wanted Catherine, but I think that's impossible as my DS is called William. How about Elizabeth? Too regal a combination?

Ohhh you can't beat a bit of 'regal'.

I think William and Elizabeth sounds great. Lots of lovely nn's too!

I think it's fine.

Elizabeth is lovely, such a functional name too

Love Elizabeth, such great nicknames you can use. Sounds lovely with William.

It's fine - nice classic names.

Love Elizabeth! If I ever had/have a DD she will be called Elizabeth!

My friend has recently had twins William and Martha which I think sounds lovely. Elizabeth is lovely too though!

Think Elizabeth goes very well with William. Do think Catherine would be a little bit much unfortunately as otherwise goes well with William...

Love it, but I'm probably biased. Only slight problem is that the little girl in Just William is called Violet Elizabeth. But it's a tiny link, much less than Catherine/William.

Elizabeth goes extremely well with William, and it doesn't immediately sound regal to me. Catherine with William would though at the moment.

Plenty of nn possibilities, but I think both William and Elizabeth are lovely as full-length names. Go for it!

It's a lovely name and goes well with.William.

I'm an Elizabeth, with an older brother called William. So I would say works quite well!

Lots of nick names for both names.

I know an Elizabeth and William combo, think they sound good togetehr

Sound perfect to me

I think they sound great together - timeless classics.

I always think Beatrice is a nice alternative to Elizabeth but again it is quite royal.

Elizabeth is fine. The queen isn't really known by her first name, so the royal connection isn't as obvious as William and Catherine.

Does remind me of just William and Violet Elizabeth !

Yes I was going to say they made me think of Just William - not a bad thing, it made me smile .

My DD1 is Elizabeth and it is a wonderful versatile name. She is eight now and known as Eliza, but has gone through stages of calling herself Elsa instead. As a baby we called her Elsie; there are so many different nicknames to choose!

If you like Catherine best, I see no reason not to choose it.

Both William and Catherine have a host of nicknames, and their friends might call them, for instance, Billy and Cathy. So I don't think it's inevitable that people will associate them with the royal couple. And it's not as if either of these names is unusual, I mean it's not like Elvis and Priscilla, is it.

Plus they are individuals. They may be brother and sister, but they won't be glued together all their lives.

Thumbs up from me, love the nicknames you can have too.

Thank you all very much for your replies.

Elizabeth is lovely with William, two good strong names. You can't go wrong.

I love both names, cannot use either as William doesn't go with OH's surname and Elizabeth is too close to another family name - it's a middle name contender for me, though. Wish I could call a boy William but it just won't work with the surname!

Sound Great