final two baby girl names

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I was wondering which baby girl name some of you prefer out of these two. I’m trying hard to pick one but it seems impossible at the moment 😪. They are Genevieve and Elizabeth. For Genevieve we would use the nicknames Evie, eve, neve, Ginny, Gia. Since gen/genny are such a disservice to the name, and for Elizabeth it would be Elle/Ellie/ & Lily since we don’t like the nns Beth, betsy, Betty, Liz, Libby, all of those.

So we’re really torn on which one to pick. What do you guys think?

Elizabeth. Not keen on Genevieve or any of the nns.
If you are going to call her Evie/Ellie/Lily etc, just put that on the BC.

Both are beautiful but I think Genevieve has the edge for me.

I know a Genevieve. Who is always called Genny.

Elizabeth

I would go with Genevieve and shorten to either Ginny or Evie.

Elizabeth is lovely but I know a few little girls called ‘libby’ all shortened from Elizabeth- it’s much more common

Prefer Genevieve to Elizabeth. Especially like Ginny.

I have a Genevieve, she is only ever called Genevieve no nickname required

Elizabeth, it’s a beautiful name.

Genevieve / Ginnie

Genevieve

I don't think you can go wrong with those names.

Your nicknames seem like different names, though. I know people use Evie for Genevieve, but it always seems a bit crowbarred in as Evie got popular to me. I know it's in there technically, but it seems like calling Natasha Ash or Benjamin Minnie. If you love Evie - or Elle or Lily, use those names

If you don't like Liz/Lizzie, and want the nickname Ellie, then go with Eleanor as a full name.

My name is Elizabeth - I have always loved it. My parents deliberately chose it thinking there were so many shortenings I would be able to choose my own without any trouble (they called me Elizabeth until I could talk). I am a Lizzie - I hate Liz and Libby, sorry. I’ve never had another Elizabeth in my class, only occasionally met another Lizzie, almost all spelling it Lizzy.

Elle/Elly - people will presume she’s Eleanor/Elena; Lily - not a fan, bit of a waste to call her Elizabeth and not use it.

Ps I don’t understand the use of nickname on here - to me a nickname is not related to your actual name - eg I knew of someone who got called Travel because he looked like a smaller, ‘travel’ version of his brother. To me something based on your name is almost always a shortening. I know the abbreviation ‘nn’ is convenient, but a misnomer to me!

Elizabeth it would be Elle/Ellie/ & Lily

Speaking as an Elizabeth, this isn't going to happen. You might be able to get away with Elle or Ellie, but Lily is too contrived in 2018.

I would also be surprised if a Genevieve didn't immediately get Gen/Gennie/Genna, but you might have better luck pushing the others than you would with Elizabeth.

Genevieve. I like Vivi for short.

Genevieve. Ginny is a lovely NN.

Thanks guys ❤️

If you want the nickname Ellie or Elle, go for Eleanor? However Ellie is most definitely a name in it's own right, in fact it's very high up in the rankings. If you want Lily go with Lily. If you want Evie go with Evie. You're never going to have full choice over her nn, so if you pick Elizabeth you'd better be happy for her to come home from school one day wanting to be called Beth, or Libby.

You pick a name because you love it, not because of it's nicknames.
Nicknames evolve naturally over time. My DD has different nicknames from different people, ones that you would never have thought of.

But mainly she is called by her full original name (classic 9 letters).

Genevieve and Elizabeth are both lovely names that will stand the test of time. (I know over 50 Ellie's btw).