Girls name Lilibet vs Bailey

[MacMac123]

hi ladies, like both these names for a girl. My OH hates Bailey!
What do you all think?
Nn for Lilibet would be Betty or Betsy

I'd assume someone who called their daughter Lillibet be a mega Royalist! I've never heard it referenced other than in terms of being the Queen's childhood nickname.

Bailey is lovely as a surname.

It's not a name though. That is the problem. I do like it as a nickname but it's not a name. You are setting her up to look foolish as she gets older as she will have to explain it.

I saw a programme on Krickett Carpenter, who wrote the book 'the vow' today and I could hardly concentrate for wondering about her name.

I can see where you are coming from - lily is very nice, lillibet is a bit like that but with its own twist. Choose it if you and your dh are happy with it. I would suggest saying it out loud loads of times, maybe have a conversation with a stranger on a bus about imaginary friend lilibet and see how it sounds. I know this sounds mental (and it might well be, i have a 6week old and havent slept for 6 weeks) but it might help you understand all the negative comments here. I was determined to have a particular name for dc3, had convinced dh and e erything, but it wasnt til she arrived and her siblings were saying the name that i realised it was wrong wrong wrong and changed it straight away.

Thanks for that, Badtime! I was interested as there is a family that lives in my area who have a daughter with a hyphenated name. I would say - contrary to what Fircough said - isn't at all downmarket. It's actually very sweet and doesnt demarcate a socio-economic position. Of course, some names do this more than others and I suppose it's where you stand on hyphenated names that determines your view about this.

Having said that, the girls name is not Ellie-Jay, Lucy-Jo, etc, which, IMO, do sound downmarket.

3littlerabbits you may be sleep deprived but I quite like your idea of testing this name out by talking about an imaginary Lilibet with various people and seeing what happens. I have a little boy so it will be easy to drop in a friend 'Lilibet' and gage reaction.
Regarding being a staunch royalist, that is one of my concerns. I mean I like the royal family as much as the next person (so I do like them!) but I'm not some staunch royalist. It is more that I heard the name in connection with the Queen - years ago - and thought that is such a pretty name.
For me, its the name first but I don't mind the fact its linked to the Queen, but I'm not exactly trying to promote the queen in naming my baby girl lilibet!

I hope that last post made sense? Like 3littlerabbits I have a baby (8wo) who keeps me awake at night ... Great advice from you, btw :)

I think hyphenated names are fine with French names, eg Anne-Marie, Jean-Claude etc as this is traditional (does it have something to do with saints' names?). It's the random ones that come over as downmarket to me. Classic English names like Mary-Ann, Sarah-Jane are OK but I don't think they need the hyphen.

We seem to agree then, FirCough. I would say that it isn't just French names - you find them anywhere Catholic, and I think they are also common in places where names need approval, just so people can have something unusual.

(I have a traditionally hyphenated name, but without the hyphen. I think the unhyphenated version looks better written down, and I quite often use my full name (in writing). )

Another one not keen on Lillibet here. I just find it doesnt roll off the tongue. HATE with a passion Bailey, and know it as a boys name too, which I hate just as much.

Betsy is the best name yu have mentioned in your posts, OP.

for me Lillibet is the Queen's misprononciation of her own name and would be very inappropriate for an actual child for loads of reasons.

I much prefer Margo and Tallulah

I'm imagining Lillibet in later life explaining her name:
So whats your name?
Lillibet
Sorry, Elizabeth?
No, Lillibet.
Pardon me, are you a little drunk or do you just have a lisp?
No, thats my name.
So where does that come from?
It was some the old queens nickname like a hundred years ago.
And how do you spell it

Trust me, I have an odd name, she will have this conversation 100,000 times.

Sorry, I missed that you wanted Rose as a MN, which I thinkis the worlds most perfect name, and as such, you should do away with all this Lilibet / Bailey nonsense and just go for Rose.

GnocchNineDoors, have started another thread on Rose. I love this name but there is a problem as to whether it fits with the surname! See other post!

ok, will search for it.

Ah. Yes....erm....well, it will be the most perfect middle name then.

Rosalind?

Name her Elizabeth Rose and call her Lilibet. End of.

oooh, oooh, oooh!!

Call your child after Meeeeeeeeeeeeee

Mac i was just in B&Q and heard someone shout "wait there Bailey"

I thought of your thread (i need to get out more), had a look to see who was being shouted at and it was a little girl.

Thought i would report back.

Not keen on either, Bailey is too much of a surname, and Lilibet sounds like a toddler trying to say Elizabeth (for obvious reasons!) rather than a proper name. It doesn't look or sound nice to me, and isn't easy to say. And yes, too much like Lillets!

Elizabeth is a perfectly good classic name, and Bethany is nice too, both would be lovely with Rose as middle name. I wouldn't give Betty or Betsy as full name, too cutesy and very old-fashioned to me, though Beth is maybe OK.

Or what about Lily (maybe not with Rose as mn though), or Leila?

(I do actually like Bailey better than Lilibet, fwiw)

Ok all take note, there is a Lilibet on the forum!!
Lilibet, if you return and see this, is it your real name and has it ruined your life? Your wisdom and experience is required!!!

Barbara?

Polly?

So, lilibet, are you actually lilibet?

I actually like Bailey . Never met one but isn't it considered as much a girl's name as a boy's. Certainly in the states anyway.

Lilibet - mm, not keen.