Lily, Lilli, Lillibet or Bettina

[Rosemary2022]

Which of these is your favourite for a nickname for Elizabeth?

None of them. Lily is overused, Lilli looks wrong, Lilibet only if you are also called EIIR, Bettina is ok but almost as long as Elizabeth

Zizi is nice nickname is Elizabeth, its not very common though.

Lilibet is awful. I could not take someone seriously with that name. Think about their future - could she have a serious profession and people not giggle with a frivolous name?

Liz (maybe Lizzie as a child) Beth, Betty, Eliza - all reasonable and solid nicknames.

@SpiderinaWingMirror

None of these are nicknames for Elizabeth, Lilibet if you have blue blood. Assuming you don't, Liz, Lizzie, or Beth. Of those I like Beth.

@SpiderinaWingMirror

They are all established nicknames for Elizabeth.

I don’t like any of them much though OP - Libby, Lizbie, Elsa and Eliza are all nice

Bettina is awful. It's a very dated German name. I've never associated it with Elizabeth

Why do you need to plan any potential nicknames?

The most natural shortening is Liz

Just go with what comes naturally

Betsy or Effie

@Ariela

Or, if like my friend's daughter you hate Elizabeth and all derivatives, you become Zabe, pronounced Zay Be. It suits her (a bit goth).

Liking it!

Try saying Elizabeth quickly.

What short forms come naturally?

If you want a Lily just call her Lily

My favourite nn for Elizabeth is Libby

Lilli

Lily is a name in its own right.

It has nothing to do with Elizabeth...

@Purpleroseas, it is also a diminutive of Elizabeth

They’re all awful or not a derivative or Elizabeth. Bettina? Atrocious. Lilibet would just be copying the RF and is just a daft name.

I have an aunt Elizabeth, known as Libby and her granddaughter is Elizabeth, known as Lizzie.

Lillibet will tell everyone you're a family of ardent royalists 👑 it's not a diminutive of Elizabeth and never has been, it's literally what Queenie's younger sister mispronounced her name as. It's like calling your kid Ommo because a younger sibling of someone famous couldn't pronounce Thomas or something. It's totally personal to that family.

Lily.
Or Lizzie or Betsy? Definitely not Lilibet.

@chubbachub

Bettina is just awful.

I like Beth or Lizzie.

Why can I only hear Betina in Miss Piggy’s voice?

Too much Muppets Christmas carol I think!

Lizzie or Libby is nice and the right balance of normal and unusual. Both can be shortened even further to Liz or Lib. Libby might be assumed to be short for Liberty. Betty is quite twee but seems to be popular in nappy valley type places. Bet makes me think of Bet Lynch from Corrie - leopard print, ciggies and pints of mild. Betsy is is awful imho. Beth is nice but might be assumed it's short for Bethany. Ditto Izzie now associated with Isabel (and various other spellings of the name) so people will think it's short for that. Never heard of Lily as a nickname for Elizabeth but I have heard of Lil; it was someone extremely old though.

None. There are so many great nicknames for Elizabeth but these ones are all awful, sorry, and they're not even actual nicknames for Elizabeth!