What is Elsie short for?

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Hi!

I have always loved the name Elsie for a girl, my middle name and my partners grandmother is Elizabeth so we have always wanted Elsie Elizabeth if we were to have a girl.
However I have just read somewhere that Elsie is short for Elizabeth? 🙈 I have never heard this before, now I’m annoyed because we wouldn’t be able to use Elizabeth as a middle name if this is the case!!
Has anyone else ever heard of this??

I've always assumed it originated from a shortening for Elizabeth. You could always get round it by putting Elizabeth as her official first name but just introducing her as Elsie from day one?

Yes I'm sorry but Elsie is definitely short/related to Elizabeth. Apparently is short for Elspeth which is the Scottish version of Elizabeth.

Maybe Elizabeth know as Elsie?

Or just call her Elsie Elizabeth. I wouldn't see it as that big a deal.

Call her Elizabeth nn Elsie.

I always thought Elsie is a name in its own right. I think it’s lovely with Elizabeth

Elsie is short for Elizabeth or Elspeth.

What about Elsie Beth? Keeps the Elsie bit but also references the Elizabeth.

Yes my nana was Elsie Betty as an alternative to Elizabeth

My mum is Elsie short for Elizabeth. Betty is also derived from Elizabeth

Imo it's short for Elizabeth or Elspeth (the Scottish version). I second the suggestion to call her Elizabeth nn Elsie.

Elsie can be short for Elizabeth or Elspeth but I still think Elsie Elizabeth is fine.

I've always thought of Elsie as a name in its own right, perhaps it's a regional thing. I had an Auntie, born 1900, who was just Elsie, as was her friend. If you like Elsie Elizabeth then choose that, I don't think it matters.

I've never heard that Elsie is short for Elizabeth so wouldn't think anything of the two names together.

I think Elsie Elizabeth is lovely. Go for it if you love it.

Remember there is a cricketer called Neville Neville. So if you want to call your baby Elsie Elizabeth you go for it

Elsie is a diminutive of Elizabeth, and calling a child Elsie Elizabeth is a bit daft for that reason. It's similar to calling a boy Jacob James - while it might sound good, they are essentially the same name.

Elizabeth known as Elsie would be better, then she has the option of a less cutesy name in the future if she prefers it.

Never heard it as being short for Elizabeth. Elsie Elizabeth is a lovely name

I’d just go with Elizabeth nn Elsie.

I had a similar conundrum with my son and so he has my dad’s ‘official’ name but his own nickname version.

@NoSquirrels

Call her Elizabeth nn Elsie.

What i would do. Elsie very much sounds like a nn to me.

My Nan was one of 13 children. One was Elsie, not short for anything, just her name ....

They all had lovely names.

My niece is known as Elsie, as a diminutive of Eleanor - Elle- Elsie

Elsie Elizabeth is lovely.

Elsie Elizabeth is fine. Ignore the naysayers.

I had relatives called just Elsie. I suppose it was in fashion at the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th. One of them hated it, would much rather have been an Elizabeth, I think - it gives the person so much choice as to which form to use.

How about Elise?

Of course Elsie is short for Elizabeth. I thought it was common knowledge. You definitely can’t have Elsie Elizabeth. Call her Elizabeth or Elisabeth and use Elsie for short.