Bess

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Adorable, sweet and sassy or a cow's name?

Love it.
Would call baby Elizabeth though.
Currently reading about Bess of Hardwick, formidable woman

Defiantly Elizabeth then if she doesn't like Bess when she grows up she can call herself what she likes.

Bess is lovely - agree with Elizabeth for the birth certificate name.

It would definitely just be Bess on BC, not Elizabeth. I have a BC name myself and a 'nickname' which I have always been called. I don't link the BC name to me at all and if someone calls it I look around for 'BCname' as
it is just not me. So much so that close family members have called their baby my BC name and never even linked it to me!

I love Bess.

Lovely name!

It makes me think of a busty 17th century tavern wench who hoiks up her skirts for any passing highway men.

Having said that, I do like it!

Its fab. Great name.

squoosh- you made me chuckle. I agree though.
It's a strong name for a strong woman with thick forearms.

I like it, and Bessie is really sweet! Reminds me of an Enid Blyton book I loved as a child!

As a nickname for an Elizabeth it's OK, as a name on it's own then no I don't like it at all. Much too short. Good for a collie :)

It makes me think of 'Big Bess', which was an arcade game where you threw balls into a fat woman's mouth in order to win tickets that could later be swapped for a pencil/rubber/yoyo.

I love it.

I like it. But why not Elizabeth on BC? It's up to her whether she ever uses it or not when she's older. You never have to use it if you don't want to, but she's still got the option.

Because I know from experience how annoying it is to have to use a name which isn't yours on official forms. I feel like a fraud writing my BC name and look stupid when the doctor calls it and I don't respond until they've called it a few times then get up mumbling 'oh yes that's me', looking like a fool who doesn't know her name!