Elizabeth

[Firebird83]

DD due in May is most likely going to be called Elizabeth. What are your favourite diminutives or shortened forms for it? Thanks

I'm an Elizabeth and I'm Lizzie. I love it.

Betty 😊

If we have a girl we want to call her Elizabeth. She'll be known as Libby until shes old enough to choose for herself as I love the name x

Beth

My sister is Elizabeth and has always been called Lizzie

Lizzy/Lizzie or Libby.

My daughter is Libby, only new teachers call her Elizabeth. I thought giving her options was a good idea but she often says she wish we’d just called her Libby. She hates having a name which doesn’t feel like her on official forms etc.

I love the name Elizabeth, I wouldn't shorten it.

One of my best and oldest friends (30 odd years) is Elizabeth. She went by Liza for a few years in the 80s until she met her husband - 20 odd years ago and he has a sister called Liza so Elizabeth went back to her full name. I would never shorten it, her preference is Elizabeth so, Elizabeth it is!

It is a beautiful name as it is.

I like Eliza and Beth very much.

Lizzy

Libby.
Also Eliza and Elsie

Owner of an Elizabeth here - we use the full name and she prefers it that way. She knows she can pick and choose from a wealth of shortened versions when she is older. It’s a classic name but not too popular, she’s the only one in her Year and there are only 2 others in her school.

I’ve got a toddler called Elizabeth. We chose it because of all the great nicknames. She gets called Elizabeth as that’s what sh insists on and I can’t actually imagine shortening it. Great name!

I like classic, Tudor style Bess most - although Bizzy or Buffy are super cute on little ones. Elsa is pretty cool too (no pun intended ).

At home it's Buffy but with friends Liz.

Lizbie
Libby
Buffy

Strange but true- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mothers childhood nickname was Buffy

Yay, Great choice! I'm an Elizabeth and I love it, I really think it's the best girl's name. I have always been Lizzie. My parents called me Elizabeth (it was the name they gave me after all), until I was trying to say my name myself, and I could only manage 'Liddy' so everyone presumed I was saying Lizzie. I really don't like what I think of as the babyish shortenings like Libby or Betsy, and I also don't like Liz as it sounds too harsh. But there are so many to choose from!

I have an Elizabeth. I tend to call her the full version because I love it (and especially when she was a baby it lent itself to a little sing-song rhythm which used to make her giggle). As soon as she went to school, she was called Lizzie which I absolutely love now even though it wouldn’t have been my No 1 nickname to start with. I liked the idea of Bette or Bets but it never suited her.

I’ve heard Lettie used for another Elizabeth which I love but didn’t know about at the time! I know a grown up Elizabeth who goes by Lil.

Lizzo cos I'm a big fan!

I like Effie for short.

I love Bess

I'm an Elizabeth. It's a really great name.

As a child I was Lizzie and now as an adult I use Liz.

My screen name is the nickname my older brother gave me, I've never met another who uses Twiz or Twizbe.