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Full name for Libby?

33 replies

debbiebonemi · 02/09/2018 15:57

We’re set on calling dd Libby - dp and I just can’t agree on what it should be short for.

He likes Elisabeth, I prefer Liberty.

We’ve also considered Olivia (but it’s so popular at the moment), and we both really like Lydia (but it seems like Lydie would be a more obvious nn)

Any thoughts?

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Picknickers · 02/09/2018 23:09

My cousin called her dd Libby. Just Libby. Some of the family gutted!

Picknickers · 02/09/2018 23:09

Tutted not gutted 😂

Golde · 02/09/2018 23:11

Libertine is the name of the one I know.

LastOneDancing · 02/09/2018 23:17

I was known as the 'cuter' shortened version of my name for the first 18 years of my life, then took a dislike to it and have been known as the full name ever since.
I think it's nice to have the option.

I love the name Elisabeth, precisely because it's got so many short variations for the owner to chose from.

moredoll · 03/09/2018 02:08

Elizabeth.

notangelinajolie · 03/09/2018 02:19

It's Elizabeth.

Sunflower321 · 03/09/2018 07:40

Elizabeth often becomes Lizzy or Beth. Lovely names.

Liberty or Libertine would naturally shorten to Libby. I'm not so keen on these.

RedDwarves · 03/09/2018 10:08

Libby is short for Elizabeth.

Liberty works too, but Liberty is a pretty dire "name".

It is not a shortening for Olivia (that is Liv/Livvy), or Lydia.

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