I rarely hear this name.

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Recently watching an old dvd featuring a little girl called Elspeth I think it's a really sweet name and one I don't think I've seen mentioned on here.

I like it, I had a friend called Elspeth at primary school and I always liked her name.
Lots of options for shortening it too, Elle/Ellie/Elsie/Beth

I once knew an Elspeth. I love it.

Elspeth is Scottish, but Elsbeth is Dutch. They sound similar of course.

It sounds American to me!Dunno why

I’m 58 and Scottish, can’t remember ever knowing an Elspeth, apart from in books.

Why does everyone always assume a name will be shortened? I loathe nick names or shortened versions, not everyone wants a shorter name.

My gran was an Elsie, short for nothing!

Omg! I still use that one, and mine are mostly young adults!
Also use it for the dog now

I think it's a lovely name. I had no idea it was particularly Scottish. The only one I've ever known was Dutch. It's rather ironic calling it old fashioned when people are naming their kids every granny name under the sun. I think Elspeth is rather timeless actually.

I have an Elspeth. I love it!

Ethereal. Reads books.

Or feels that to me as the only one I knew would have wanted to help the school librarian but was too busy reading books.

I like Elizaveta as a name in that zone.

I know an elspeth who goes by els, ellie, and 'spth

Beautiful name

Spth…
God almighty. How do you even pronounce that with sounding like a spitting cat?

Lovely name.

Lovely name!
But potentially a lifetime of spelling it out to the Barista at Starbucks!

I know an Elspeth in her 40s and she's really cool!!

I have a 1 year old Matthew and was surprised to find that Matthew is vanishing as a name.

One of my least favourite names. It screams ‘joyless Presbyterian’.

It also just doesn’t sound nice. In the same bracket as names like Morag, Shona and Maureen.

Lisbeth is a lovely variation in my opinion. I have a friend called that.

To me, that sounds like someone mispronouncing Elizabeth.

I know a few (in Scotland), both Elspeth and Elsbeth with nn Elsie.

All are around the 60 year old mark.

Oh I know a few (nowhere near Scotland!). I find it a pretty lispy wet name but the women I know with this name are all very sensible straight laced and practical.

A good friend of mine has a 7 year old daughter named Elspeth. It's a sweet name for a lovely child, who definitely has a feisty side.

I know one. But she gets called Ellie.
she’s 40. So not a granny.

I know of a Hazel who must be mid to late teens by now. The others I know would be over 60. None of them are Scottish or have any Scottish connections.

My Mum (92, living in Scotland) must know some Elspeths, but I don't. I prefer Elizabeth, which is what I assume it comes from.

People love Nora, Bridget and Agnes on here so I'm shocked they have a problem with Elspeth. I know one on her 40s and she is lovely...and cool 😎!

I'm older generation,maybe, but to me in Scotland Elspeth is a perfectly normal name. Have met several.
It is, as others have said, one of the many versions of Elizabeth.

There is also the wonderful Elspet Grey (who played the ineffably distrait Blackadder's mum in early episodes of the saga ) - that's yet another variation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elspet_Gray