To the parents who use diminutives!

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Not sure if this is the right place to post this but thought as it’s name related why not.

So day to day my daughter goes by a diminutive (Think Libby rather than Elizabeth, Dotty rather than Dorothy etc) my question is, which name do I teach her to write?! She’s almost school age so I want to start teaching her little bits to get her ready but I don’t want to confuse her.
She will be ‘Elizabeth’ on all her school documents etc but her known as name will be ‘Libby’ which name will teachers teach her to write?

P.S we used the ‘full’ name on BC to give her a more ‘grown up’ option she can use in later life if she chooses to.

The diminutive since the school forms will ask which name she wants to be called and you will put that. I’m sure that to her, that is her name.

unicorn it’s about giving the child options in later life, a lot of diminutives seem quite nicknamey or childish and therefore may not transfer well into adult life. Libby may decide she wants to be Elizabeth in the office but wants to be Libby to her friends. She may want to be a teenage Eliza or Beth.