Choose between our top two names?

[numberthirtytwowindsorgardens]

Elizabeth Jane or Tessa Joy.

Connotations or associations I may not have thought of welcomed!

Elizabeth Jane

I love them both, sorry. I also love them with the middle names swapped.

My favourite out of all the combinations. Elizabeth Joy.

I prefer Elizabeth Jane. Tessa is ok, it's just the only Joy i've ever known was anything but one!
Elizabeth has more nn options which might or might not be a benefit.

Tessa Joy
My dd has Elizabeth and Joy as middle names so I love your choices! I’d also be tempted by Joy as a firstname, it’s so unusual for this generation and it’s gorgeous.

Thank you for the lovely replies! We'd probably call her Lizzie if it's Elizabeth on a day to day basis, if that affects anyone's view.

(And I love Joy, but I share @emmathedilemma's fear about what would happen if she turns out to be an Eeyoreish type!)

Elizabeth Jane. Love Elizabeth. Not keen on Tessa. Jane is a really undervalued, underused classic name too. Joy is also lovely.

They're both lovely but I particularly like Tessa - you don't hear it very often.

Tessa Joy is lovely
Elizabeth Jane makes me think of Enid Blyton not naughty Amelia Jane but the sort of name a Mallory towers sensible sort would have, but it is still a nice name

Elizabeth Jane by miles. Don't like much Tessa or Joy personally but theyre ok.

Am I allowed to say Elizabeth Joy

Elizabeth Jane. Not keen on Tessa. I do love Joy though, so personally I would go for Elizabeth Joy, if that's an option!

Tess(a) by a long shot. I do prefer Tess as it sounds a bit zippier but Tessa is lovely.

Joy is great too.

I have a strong dislike of Elizabeth. It sounds haughty and joyless to me for some reason.

Elizabeth Joy (sorry I know that's not officially an option )

I like Elizabeth Jane, id use Lizzie on a day to day basis

I like Tessa. Bit different. How about Tessa Jane?

Both lovely. I’d probably choose Elizabeth Jane.

Tessa Jane if I can't do a swap, if not Elizabeth Jane. I think, like a PP that a name like Joy is potentially a bit of a burden (knowing, as I do, the most bleak and miserable 'Summer' to be believed)

@emmathedilemma

I prefer Elizabeth Jane. Tessa is ok, it's just the only Joy i've ever known was anything but one! Elizabeth has more nn options which might or might not be a benefit.

Do we know the same one? 😁

I really like Tessa and like Elizabeth as well.
I hate one-syllable middle names though as they feel like filler names.
So I would prefer Elizabeth Tessa or Tessa Elizabeth.

Elizabeth Jane.
I had a friend called Tessa when I was little, and she was very boring.

I love Tessa, and either of the middle options sounds great with it.

Elizabeth has a ton of good nn options (Betty, Betsy, Zabe, Eliza) but I'm not keen on it on its own.

Tessa Jane would be my choice.

Elizabeth Joy or Tessa Jane.

Tessa

Elizabeth, with either Jane or Joy. Although I think one of the obnoxious Marchwood twins in the Abbey books was Elizabeth Joy.

Elizabeth is a lovely name in its own right - classic and dignified - and there are so many possible abbreviations for her to choose from as she grows up.