Lilibet

[BlueMoonxxx]

I have always liked the name Lilibet (which is by the way a name quite popular in Central and South America) and we have been thinking to name our daughter Lilibet for quite a while. We were thrilled for this name to be chosen for the new Royal baby and I am sure it will become quite popular in the next few years. It is such a sweet name that combines vintage and witty in my view. Absolutely adorable.
What do you think? :-)

Pardon my stupidity. Maybe it's a British joke and I'm not in Britain, but what on earth about the name Lilibet evokes jokes about tampons? It baffles me.

@LoveFall

Pardon my stupidity. Maybe it's a British joke and I'm not in Britain, but what on earth about the name Lilibet evokes jokes about tampons? It baffles me.

@LoveFall There's a brand of tampon called Lillets (probably spelled that wrong lol) and the reference to gambling probably the bet on the end. Must admit that really wasn't where my head immediately went, I thought that was a bit of a stretch myself and was like

@Hallyup6

Too harsh sounding to me.

Or a tampon crossed with a bookies.

Thank you for the cultural insight, Quaggers. We don't have that brand in Canada, so that explains it.

Lisbeth, as in the Girl with a dragon tattoo protagonist, is similar but stronger and less twee IMO.

@RickiTarr

Lisbeth, as in the Girl with a dragon tattoo protagonist, is similar but stronger and less twee IMO.

Yes that is much better

@AdaColeman

Not as pretty as "Her Majesty The Queen".

@Hallyup6

Or a tampon crossed with a bookies.

Oh my word! I'm not going to be able to unthink this every time that name gets mentioned now! 🙈

Bloody awful.

Lily is limp enough on its own, Lilibet takes it to a whole new level of twee

[quote Newestname001]@Hallyup6

Or a tampon crossed with a bookies.

Oh my word! I'm not going to be able to unthink this every time that name gets mentioned now! 🙈[/quote]

Just no. There are a million forms and shortenings of Elizabeth. All of them are more useable.
Lisbeth?
Elspeth?

I had Lilibet and Lilibeth on my list before the royal baby.
I think they're lovely names and Lily is a sweet nickname.
I can see it rising which admittedly makes me slightly upset as I hate popular names.

I like it. My friend is Lillibet but always known as Libby, which is nice. I like all the diminutives, lily, Betty etc.