Betty?

[kitcat1977]

Our little girl, Elizabeth, is now 7 weeks old. We love her full name, but both sort of assumed that she'd get our own personal favourite shortened version. DH prefers Lizzie which I think is a bit ordinary, and I love Betty, which he thinks is too Frank Spencer. I know, I know, we should have had this out before she was born

We've finally decided that she can be Betty, but I just wanted to check out other people's reactions. Both DH and dad have said she'll get 'Betty Swollocks' or 'Sweaty Betty'. Am I being cruel nameing her Betty?

i think Ellie is a cute nickname for Elizabeth.

I probably slightly prefer Betsy but I think that Betty could be a really cool, individual name too.

You're never going to find a name that everyone likes. You can twist yourself in knots weighing up the number of people that say they love a name vs the number of people that think its awful. The best plan is to choose something you love and that MOST people don't dislike/connect to something negative - judging by the posts here so far, Betty falls into this category so...

if you love Betty and your DH is happy to go with it then do!

Wow, thanks for that list Val

I don't like Betty at all, and also agree that Liz / Lizzie is very . Val's list is great for other alternatives.