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Anna, Emma or Elizabeth

56 replies

thickoozymudlongwavygrass · 03/02/2023 20:52

Which one and why?

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IamnotwhouthinkIam · 04/02/2023 23:50

Anna. Simple, elegant, very international and a cool palindrome name to boot.

2nd choice Elizabeth - super timeless classic and very cool historical namesakes; but 4 syllable names do tend to get shortened so who knows what your Elizabeth will get called/choose (and I'm personally not keen on the most commonplace Liz/Lizzie).

Emma should be fab (Early Queens, Jane Austen etc) but for some reason I find it a bit of a dull/stodgy sounding name?

Similar in style to Anna - maybe Lara, Julia, Laura, Sara, Helena, Louisa, Claudia, Eva, Maria? (trying to think of shortish, classic, international names)

LizzieBet14 · 05/02/2023 20:42

I like Anna the best - classic but still suits a child today.
I prefer Elizabeth for a middle name (but would shorten it to Eliza for a first name) Emma is a bit 80's for me.

StellaOlivetti · 05/02/2023 20:46

Elizabeth, but they’re all lovely.

Parker231 · 05/02/2023 20:49

DD has Elisabeth as her middle name as it’s a family name.

Love Anna

PinkSyCo · 05/02/2023 20:52

Emma’s too common. Anna’s quite nice, though I think I prefer Annie. I wouldn’t personally chose Elizabeth for a child of mine ( I’m too common) but I do think it’s a beautiful name.

HeadlessGummyBears · 08/02/2023 03:08

FlutterbButterfly · 03/02/2023 20:59

Elizabeth , almost endless diminutive, derivatives and nicknames!

Love Lizzie

Anna, Elizabeth and Emma are wonderful names. I like the name Elizabeth for the reasons quoted above. But I also like the simplicity of Anna/Emma as well. You can’t go wrong with any of the three. All in all, great choices.

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