Need an alternative to Elizabeth/Beth

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This was my top choice for a girl but a close friend has just used for her daughter.

Looking for something classic that can be shortened. Any ideas?

We’re having an Eliza

Can't you still go for Elizabeth but use one of the other diminutives (Lizzie, Lisa, Liza, Lily, Libby, Betty, Betsy ... they're just the ones I've thought of immediately. There will be others too)?

Could you still use Elizabeth, with a different nn? We have an Elizabeth who was going to be Beth - but ds called her Lizzie when she came home, and it’s stuck.

What about Bessie?

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Or the reverse, Bethany is nice and classic and also shortens to Beth

What about Elise? French form of Elizabeth

Bethany?

Bessie, Beth are still the same nn

Victoria nn Tori
Katharine nn Kate
Annabel nn Anna

Is she using Beth as the shortened version? If so you can easily get away with Elizabeth but use different nickname such as Lizzie/Eli/Libby/Betsy.
Otherwise how about Charlotte/Lottie?

Alexandra
Katherine
Eleanor
Annabel
Charlotte

Eleanor
Catherine
Georgiana
Hannah
Margaret

Beth was my favourite nn by far. Not keen on any of the others apart from Bess

Penelope Penny Belly
Dorothy Dotty
Florence Florrie. Flossie. Rene
Katherine Kitty. Kate. Katie Renee
Deborah Debbie
Stephanie. Effie.
Teresa Tessa
Victoria Vicky Tori. Torah. Ria.

Josephine
Eleanor
Philippa
Alicia
Alexandra
Susannah
Cordelia
Cassandra
Isabella
Francesca

How about just “Beth” then?

Or Eliza?

Maggie/ Margaret
Edie /Edith

Thea?

If you love Beth, how about Bethan or Bethany?

I like Edith/Edie but is that a bit too of the moment?

Beth on its own not an option- I like the full traditional name on the birth certificate.

I am a teacher so finding a name is a nightmare as too many links to children I know!

Any nicknames for Stephanie that aren't Steph?

I have an Elizabeth who is a Beth. If she hadn't been Beth she'd have been Bess. Or you could just call her Beth anyway?

I always hated Bethany (sorry for any Bethanys out there!) but I have a Bethan which is a lovely name in its own right and easy to shorten to Beth?

The incredible Dame Stephanie Shirley is known as Steve .

You could call a Stephanie Effie.

Stephanie is very dated, Elizabeth is classic.

What about Elspeth? Similar vibe to Beth.

Why can’t you use the name you chose? And won’t her nickname develop organically, rather than being chosen before she’s born? She may hate Beth (I don’t like it myself - it’s more like a sound than a name) and stick with Elizabeth. Or choose one of the nicknames you hate!

We have a child in our Yr1 who has stuck with Elizabeth and it suits her perfectly.