Is Elsie a stand alone name or a nn in your opinion?

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I love the name and have a difficult surname which I think it sounds ok with.

I want to use it as a stand alone name but couldn't if its seen more as a nn.

How do you think of it?

Definitely a proper name.

And a very pretty one too

Nn for Elizabeth IMO. It's nice

Stand alone - it never occurred to me it was short for anything.

I think it's lovely, but always think of it as a nickname - possibly only because I know an Elsie short for Elisabeth. It was on my short list, but I would have gone for Elsa and used Elsie as a nickname.

Nn for me. Lovely though. Good suggestion for Elsa with else NN.

on it's own is fine imho

Stand alone name. My dgm was an Elsie.

I think of it as a nickname for Elisabeth. But I'm old fashioned like that.

I think it's a beautiful name - too nice for a nickname, best as a stand alone name IMO.

Stand alone name - my grans

Definitely can be standalone - I know a few. However, I'm a big fan of the name Elspeth at the mo and I would use that with NN Elsie I reckon.

Stand alone name. My gran is an Elsie.

NN IMO.

Grandmother & great grandmother both standalone Elsies.

Stand alone. Its lovely.

Stand alone, but don't let her shorten it to Ellie. Scowls at DDs friend. Why when there are so many Eleanor NN Ellie do we need another one!

Elsie is pretty, it's short, why confuse my name muddling dyslexic brain by being another Ellie.

My friend has an Elspeth, nn Elsie. I like that. If I wanted to call my daughted Elsie, I think I'd go Elizabeth or Elisabeth.

Don't rate old lady names at all, they went out of fashion for a reason.

Stand alone name IMO. My gran was called Elsie too.

Elsie is a full name. Its my girl's name if ever I can persuade DH that we should have another baby.

I love the name Elsie - short and sounds lovely - we have just decided it will be DD2's name (she was born 2 days ago). A couple of people have said it's old-fashioned but most love it; and actually it's among the most popular girls names if you follow the mumsnet link - so it must be coming into fashion again. Not that I care...DH and I like it and that's all that matters.

Stand alone name nowadays. I know a few. I like the name a lot.

I think it's like Sally or Polly and has become a stand alone name in its own right.

A beautiful stand alone name.