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Elisabetta Wren? Thoughts please!

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Firsttime27 · 12/10/2017 23:12

Still mulling over names with one week to go..! I think I'm loving this (though may change my mind in the morning). It has the Italian connection and DP's grandmother was Elizabeth. Was thinking Etta or Betty for nn.
Honest thoughts please x

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Dustbunny1900 · 13/10/2017 13:46

Wren isn't American. It's actually old English.

DeccaMitfordsEntryVisa · 13/10/2017 13:50

I never comment on name threads, but have made a one time exception here to say I think it is lovely!

NinonDeLenclos · 13/10/2017 14:58

Elizabeth Wren sounds much better. If you go with Elisabetta I'd choose a different middle name.

NinonDeLenclos · 13/10/2017 14:59

Elisabetta Rose is much better OP, yes. It's cuts out the double 'e' echo.

Smoliver · 13/10/2017 19:12

I like Elisabetta Wren. I love the nicknames you have with these names. Rose is nice for a nickname, but it's used a lot in middle names. I love individuality with Elisabetta Wren.

Backhometothenorth · 13/10/2017 20:17

Elisabetta is a bit try-hard sorry. Elisabeth Wren is lovely (Elisabeth is my middle name Smile)

igotyoubabe · 14/10/2017 20:16

Why give someone a name no one is ever going to use?

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Firsttime27 · 14/10/2017 20:39

igotyoubabe I'm not sure what you mean?
Think a lot of names are shortened (mine is Natalie but get Nat) so always think of nn posibilities.

Thank you all for the comments! Although I like Elisabeth I wanted something a bit different. Always thought girls names would be easy! Please tell me a name will come to me easily when she is born?

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Montacute · 14/10/2017 20:42

Do you have Italian connections?

ohhelpohnoitsa · 14/10/2017 20:51

Is it Elisabetta as in "el is a betta". If so I like it but not with Wren. If it's Eliza as is Doolittle then I don't like it because it sound like "'(h)is lies are better in"

ohhelpohnoitsa · 14/10/2017 20:52

Is it Elisabetta as in "el is a betta". If so I like it but not with Wren. If it's Eliza as is Doolittle then I don't like it because it sound like "'(h)is lies are better in"

CuckooClockChimes · 14/10/2017 20:53

Not sure about Elisabetta, sorry. Much prefer Elizabeth

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Firsttime27 · 14/10/2017 21:03

Yep it's "e lis a betta". Don't think partner is keen anyway :( saying no to every name I have liked!
And yes I'm half Italian so would like that connection somewhere x

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Ohyesiam · 14/10/2017 21:29

Am surprised by two things . the people who day the named don't "go". No one will ever use them together, do why would that matter? And to pp who said Wrens were full little birds. To me they are completely magical.....
But , getting back to the names, they are really beautiful.

Ohyesiam · 14/10/2017 21:29
  • dull not full.....Blush
allegretto · 14/10/2017 21:32

I think Italians would use Lisa or Isabetta for short.
No - Betta or Betty

Slightlydizzydaily · 15/10/2017 20:32

Isn't it Ay lees a bet ah?

buttercup54321 · 15/10/2017 21:44

Elizabeth Ann is better

Ontopofthesunset · 15/10/2017 23:05

Well, Wren just sounds like a surname to me, like Sir Christopher Wren. Or like a female sailor. Or like the beginning of 'wrench'. So Elisabetta Wren looks to me like the name of an Italian woman who's married an English bloke with the surname Wren.

FrancisCrawford · 15/10/2017 23:18

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Bringmewineandcake · 15/10/2017 23:23

I love the combination! So beautiful.

Pemba · 16/10/2017 09:55

allegretto Well I guess you are Italian and are stating what your're used to, but Lisa is also a short form of Elisabetta, according to Italian Wikipedia. Maybe not as common as Betta or Betty? I was probably wrong about Isabetta being used as a short form, but it does obviously derive from Elisabetta.

I suppose it's like English, where Liz, Lizzie, Libby, Eliza, Liza, Beth, Betty, Bette, Betsy, Bess, Bessie, are probably others are ALL short forms of Elizabeth.

PerfumeIsAMessage · 16/10/2017 11:03

I have only ever taught one Elisabetta as I said upthread, and she is definitely a Betta. Dh's sister is a Benedetta and is Betty. I know a couple of Ettas but that is a name in its own right. Lisa is generally short for Annalisa, though they would usually get Anna, rather than Lisa.
All the above are pretty old-fashioned and in all honesty, and trying to be diplomatic (and failing miserably) no Italian girl of today would thank you for them. (and I speak as someone whose Italian daughter berates me daily for her frumpy old fashioned middle name- go figure!)
I'd go for Elizabeth and maybe give her an Italian middle name?
It is a minefield- especially for those of us with Italian grannies who expect their beloved grandchildren to be given their (frankly usually appalling) names. (not that Elisabetta is in that category- but for example I discovered on Saturday that a good friend of mine who goes by the name of Sara, is actually called the female equivalent of a very very old-fashioned male name. Think the equivalent of calling a British baby Enochette.

allegretto · 16/10/2017 11:27

Pemba - I am not Italian but I live in Italy and I know three Elisabettas - all use Betta or Betty - one also uses Eli - but only her husband calls her that!

Perfume - I WANTED to use the grandparents' names for my kids as they have great names - they wouldn't let me! Bah! No pleasing some people!

PandorasXbox · 16/10/2017 11:28

Elisabetta is beautiful. Wren goes nicely with it too.