Cordelia or Elizabeth?

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Which one do you prefer?

They’re both lovely, maybe Cordelia just pips the post.

Cordelia.

Cordelia.. But I love both :)

Cordelia for sure for me! I like Elizabeth but I think Cordelia is just a bit nicer. Elizabeth does have nicer nicknames though. I suppose there’s Delia as a nice shortening to Cordelia. But Elizabeth has a lot more choice. Still think I prefer Cordelia though!

Both are OK but Elizabeth wins for me

Cordelia Elizabeth is lovely

I'd pick Cordelia but as a PP said Cordelia Elizabeth works well. I went to school with one whose NN was Dillie, if you wanted an alternative shortening to Delia.

Elizabeth for me. I don’t like the sound of Cordelia personally.

Cordelia
(Don't dislike Elizabeth at all.)

I don't like the z sound in Elizabeth, so would say Cordelia. I do like some of the nicknames of Elizabeth such as Bess, Beth and Betty, so depending on what you want to do with it, can be nice too.

I prefer Elizabeth, Cordelia always sounds like Cor! Delia to me.

I prefer Elizabeth. I love how varied the diminutives are, so you can find one that really suits the girl's personality: Liz, Lizzie, Liza, Eliza, Beth, Betty, Libby etc. It's a wonderful name.

I like Cordelia but associate it too heavily with King Lear - such a bitter, sad story, even though she is the heroine. And I'm not wild about the "Cor' sound.

Cordelia just makes me think of cordial

Elizabeth is lovely

I love both but given the choice I would rather be called Elizabeth than Cordelia due to the options for shortening it

Elizabeth for me. I love Lizzie as a diminutive, but also Bess/Beth

Both lovely but Cordelia because Elizabeth (and short forms like Elsie and Eliza used as independent names) is so popular at the moment.

Cordelia

Cordelia

Elizabeth for me, but the more I say Cordelia, the more I like it. It's so pretty.

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

Cordelia is awesome

Elizabeth.

I love Elizabeth but every single Elizabeth I know gets it shortened to Liz (even when they openly say they hate Liz).

So Cordelia.

Elizabeth by a mile, it’s my all time favourite name