Elizabeth?

36 replies

MrsSpagBol · 21/03/2013 00:13

What do you think?

We really like it. Wanted a strong, classic, traditional name.

Any comments?

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Bonsoir · 21/03/2013 18:16

My DD is Flora Elisabeth Zoë. I was mad keen on Elisabeth for ages and really wanted to DD to have it as a middle name, but sometimes I regret it and wish I had gone for something less conservative.

mewkins · 21/03/2013 21:24

I have one too! Named after my grandmother (a Bet) - my dd is very much a Lizzie although dh wanted Beth to start with. She really isn't a Beth, she's loopy and just suits the name.

emmyloo2 · 21/03/2013 22:27

Bonsoir - sorry to highjack - but how do you find the name Flora? We have that on our list for DD as well as Elizabeth and I am just wondering how it goes down in real life.

I think Flora Elisabeth is gorgeous by the way...

Zoomania · 21/03/2013 22:32

Love it! Just suggested it on another thread! Timeless and so many nn.

saffronwblue · 21/03/2013 22:35

I love it. It is my middle name and DD's middle name. We thought about it a lot for DD but I don't like Lib or Liz and I knew they would be used. If we had used it for a first name we were going to insist on nn Bess.

Ilovemydogandmydoglovesme · 21/03/2013 22:42

We have an Elizabeth and we always call her Lizzie. It just seemed to stick. I've always loved it though, and can remember reading Pride and Prejudice and loving the way Elizabeth Bennett was affectionately called Lizzie.

olivertheoctopus · 21/03/2013 22:47

Not keen on Liz or Lizzie as a nn but Betty is beautiful.

Bonsoir · 24/03/2013 09:47

emmyloo2 - Flora is great in real life! She has only ever had one other Flora in her year group/class, so relatively unusual, and it works in all languages/travels well which is important to us.

ElegantSufficiency · 24/03/2013 12:16

So would Flora be a name that is popular for the same age group in France and UK then? that seems surprisingly rare.

Bonsoir · 24/03/2013 16:09

I've not met any French Floras of the same age as my Flora - the other one at her school was Brazilian - though according to statistics Flora is a lot more popular in France than in the UK. They might all be in Corsica, though, where it is a regional name!