Libby?

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What are peoples thoughts on Libby? I've always been the kinda person to want the full name on the BC to give the child options. But Elizabeth really isn't to our taste and we're worried it would get shortened to the more common 'Liz' instead, which again isn't my cup of tea.

Is Libby a stand alone name on its own or is there another longer version besides Elizabeth or Liberty?

Thanks

I don’t really like Libby. It sounds kind of babyish and it always makes me think of ‘flabby’.

I think Libby on it's own is lovely

I don't like the sound of Libby. Not sure what it is but it doesn't appeal to me at all.

I would go for a full name.

Libby doesn't seem like a full name and is childish. A full name would mean that your daughter could choose whether she wants to be Libby when she's older.

Ds2 would have been Libby with Elizabeth on bc.

19 years later, still love it.

I'm liking it less and less the more I see it written down. Flabby... dribbly... lippy... and kinda childish.

Just call her Libby. I don’t like Elizabeth much myself, always think it sounds a bit like a hiss.

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I know a Libby just Libby, it's fine!

I know a Libby in her 60's and it suits her. She was christened Elizabeth but change it officially. I also know a few young Libbys too who are all just Libby. It's not to my taste but I prefer it to Elizabeth which is my middle name and I've always hated it.

I would warn against choosing a name based on an expected nickname. My dd has a first name with a few different diminutives. One we really don't like. I tried to introduce the one I liked but it just didn't stick and now we use a different one as it's how ds pronounced her name. So I say just Libby is fine.

Thanks all for your comments - great to get peoples views. The problem if we went with Elizabeth is that it's very like my name (which I'm sure would get us odd looks...think along the lines of Abigail and Gail ) and she'd have the initials EE...but then again I doubt the phone company will be around forever...

I'm an Elizabeth who has never (barring a brief period in my teens) wanted to be known as anything but Elizabeth, and has always despised being called Liz. I went to school (various schools) with a couple of Libbys, a Beth, a few Liz(zie)s, all short for Elizabeth. They had no problem with being known by their preferred shortening. Meanwhile, I had teachers at secondary school calling me any number of different nicknames for Elizabeth because there was nothing by my name in the register and most Elizabeths in my school preferred something else! So, from that point of view, it should be simple to make sure she goes by the right name.

Calling her Elizabeth gives her a few more choices when she's older, as it's a name with countless pet forms (I like to use more obscure ones online), but Libby on the BC means she'll definitely get called it!

I love it and wanted it but it didnt fit with surname

I wouldn't go with Elizabeth etc unless you're completely sure you'd be happy with her changing to using it or another nickname instead of Libby.

Fwiw I like Liberty, dislike Elizabeth. I also like Libby but I'm not sure I'd want to be called just Libby iyswim.

I too have a 22 year old Libby. Just Libby. She has always loved her name. We sometimes call her Liberty (as a nickname) and I have often thought that perhaps we should have put that on her birth certificate. A fairly dreadful family member is called Liz/Elizabeth so that was never option sadly as I think Elizabeth is a lovely name too.

Really like the name Libby and would just have it on its own.

Love the name Liberty with Libby nn.

Most people assume Libby is short for Elizabeth.

I personally wouldn't do Libby on its own. I just... I don't know. It's so much a nickname for a longer name that it feels a bit transient to me as a full name.