Lisabeth?

[alita7]

I've posted many many threads discussing how I can have the nickname Libby without using Elizabeth as my dsds names are too similar - can't have names with el in.

I'm not keen on Lisbeth or liberty and I don't want to give a nickname without a 'full name'. I thought I liked Olivia (livvy Is similar so was hoping to stretch to libby as me and dp would never call her anything but libby so it shouldn't matter) but there are so many Olivias and the more I think about it the less I like it so not a good idea really.

So is Lisabeth a name? If not then do you think it sounds ok to use? I think I've exhausted all other options...

Libby can be a nn for Isabelle / Isobel or however you wish to spell it, as mentioned above.
Lisbeth is quite nice but Lisabeth looks wrong.

Or just go with Libby.

I really don't see the point in searching around for a name you don't particularly like or ever intend to call her just so you can use the name you do love, Libby.

Seriously, just call her Libby.

It just looks like the E is missing I would just go for Libby if I'm honest. My DD is Elizabeth nn Libby and sometimes it's a bit of a pain because when people ask her name I never know which to say! She gets Libby most of the time except from when she's being a diva and misbehaving!

What about Lisa with Belle / Beatrice as a middle

DP has 3 dsds , the first 2 twins his ex thought (he didn't agree) that giving them almost identical names was a good idea, (I'll give you an example with different names so you see what I mean- Kylie rose and kyla rose or Rosa may and rosie may) dsd 3 has a completely different name, so can't follow a theme as she'd be left out plus with names that similar it's a bit much.

so I want to avoid 'el'.

I really like Lisabeth, I really like Elizabeth but I like Libby more.

I would intend for it to work like my name does, I have a long name which I really appreciate for job interviews etc but my family never ever called me it only my nickname, the same at school unless we had a sub who I would correct. It means I can choose the impression I want to give on paper. But in most situations I use my nickname.

Anyway I've just written this whole post and then dp says oh no we can't use Lisabeth because his friend (not a close friend) has a daughter called lizbeth and it's too similar apparently grrrrrrr.

oops he has 3 dds, my dsds :p

I have heard of Libby as a NN for Liberty?

I was wondering if it was about time for Melissa to make a come-back. Lissy instead of Libby? Or double-barrel for Melissa-Beth to keep the Libby nn?

I had a long name and my parents never shortened it to the obvious one but called me something completely different, not related to any name I had on my birth certificate.

We have done something similar with our sons, they have pet names that only we as parents use. No-one else calls them this. Everyone else calls them by their name, no shortening (can't anyway)

Just stick with Libby.

Or are you wanting only immediate family to call her that? If that is the case then you can't call her the longer version of Libby whatever you decide that is because it will get shortened naturally.

My friend's son is Charles but everyone calls him Charlie. It drives him insane when school stuff accidentally gets addressed to Charles, or his peg is incorrectly named. As far as he is concerned his name is Charlie, that is what he wants. He swears he is changing it by deed poll when he is older.

Apart from anything else as a young mum with a very traditional family I feel pressured to give my child a 'proper' name.

The other girls names we think we agree on are Beatrice and sort of lyra, we had other names, Olivia, lydia and juliet but we changed our minds. But I feel those names would be a huge compromise which I'd regret.

really can't so Melissa as that's a close family member of dsd 3. (so melody was out too which I liked :p)

As someone who was obsessed with baby names since primary school and had a huge list of girls names, I'm so surprised at how hard naming a baby is! Especially when almost all my names have been vetoed!!!!

But if no one will ever use this 'proper' name what's the point of it?

Job interviews and things I guess. So she can choose to use it if she wants or can pick other nicknames from it when she's older if she wants a change.

I really can't see a time where a name like Libby would need to be changed for professional reasons. It's already so well known, so solidly middle class. Anyway, your options as I seem them are........

1. Elizabeth
2. Liberty
3. Libby
4. Call her something like Lily Ivy Beatrice giving you the initials LIB and from that call her Libby.

If a Pixie can become a Doctor I don't see why a name would hold someone back. There is a girl at my son's school called Nixie! I love that.

I changed mine completely, my parents were in total agreement with me over it. So even if you choose a name, they may not even keep it

I think I'm going to hide in a hole about this for a while :p

it could still be a boy I guess but there aren't any boys names I love -.-

Why is naming a child so hard?!

Doctor Pixie isn't really called Pixie. Her real name is Bernadette. That's 100% true.

And it's also 100% true that she's professionally known as Pixie. So it seems people ditch 'sensible' names as much as the more unusual ones.

She's only known as Pixie on TV. In her private GP practice, she is Bernadette.

www.genmed.org.uk/index.php?page=medicalcentres/baker/bakerstreetmedicalcentre

My husband was the same. I came up with list of names male/female & he would say no 2 most of them!!!! All 5 of my kids names come frm films/tv progs.they all also have nicknames.

Oh not this old chestnut again about High Court judges not being called Daisy. When the generation we are raising now come to enter various professions, they will be in a cohort of adults with names as varied as Jessica, Poppy, Olivia, Molly, Elizabeth, Ella, Amelie, Maisie etc. Libby won't stand out in the slightest.

Libby derived from Isabel, which itself is a form of Elisabeth, hence why Libby started to be used as a nn for Elisabeth as well.

Therefore could Isabel be a possibility?

I have a friend who is named Lib?na (her father is Czech), which in its original form derives from the word meaning 'love'. It's pronounced lib-yeh-nah.

The only other Lib- name I know (other than Liberty) is Libi, which is Hebrew for 'my heart'.

NB: There is also the Danish name, Liesbeth (LEES-beth).

Alita7, is the due date for your baby approaching soon? I can see that you are really confused and not sure about the name at this point. I think that you find this naming thing so hard, because you were very interested in names all your life, so put too much pressure on yourself and want it to be perfect.
I am exactly the same, wanted for my child to have this perfect name, was too scared to make a mistake, put too much pressure on myself. We did not know the sex of the baby, so we were all over the place. Decided on a boys name, were not 100% sure about the girl's. Had a baby girl, named her and I had a name regret for a year, which was so painful. Now time passed and I am glad we called her this particular name.
What I would suggest, would you consider finding out the sex of your baby, so you can at least concentrate on either boys or girls names? That's what I wish we would have done at the time (because were so indecisive) and having a very firm favourite before (not after!) the baby arrives???