Should we stick with Elizabeth or Bethan? or be adventurous.................................................

[mummypud]

and have ROWAN, sidney or BRODIE, for a girl ?

[brimfull]

agree sidney is an soap character name

[mummypud]

ggirl, thats why we had chosen the name to start with as it has so many variations.x

[skyatnight]

Not read the whole of the thread, but, if you choose Elizabeth, you have the option of calling her Beth or Bethan if you want to.

[mummypud]

alice is nice but our surname starts with h so honor and hope may not go well

[dramaqueen]

My dd is Elizabeth, and we shorten it to Beth. We thought that Beth was a lovely name in its own right and she can use Elizabeth as a grown up name in the working world.

[TwoFirTreesToday]

Elizabeth Rowan would be nice

[pollyblue]

When i was in hospital having dd one of the HCAs was called Lilibeth which i thought was lovely
Thumbs up for Rowan too

[Peridot30]

I love BETHAN though dh said no as it doesnt really go with our surname.

I do agree that BRODIE is a boys name.

[MaryAnnSingleton]

I knew of a ROAN

[HonoriaGlossop]

Don't like Brodie or Sidney at ALL.

Elizabeth - lovely name. And you can play with the shortenings and give lots of nicknames to suit the child.

Also love Rowan. How about Willow?

[SparklyGothKat]

I have a Bethan so I love it!!!

[mummypud]

honoria , i love willow , was one of the first i mentoined but again was poo pooed , i really think its between bethan and elizabeth .x

[Niecie]

Rowan gets my vote.

The only Brodie I know is a boy.

Elizabeth is a tiny bit safe but Beth is nice.

[macaco]

What's the problem here? Your DH likes Elizabeth and you like its short forms or related names, lizzie, beth, libby. Why can't she be Elizabeth as her proper name and then you can call her any of the short forms within the family. She can decide which she like best and which to use, just like any Elizabeth can use her full legal name or introdue her self as Liz.