Better name for Elizabeth - Lizzy or ...

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Better name for Elizabeth - Lizzy or ...
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Tue, 06-15-2004 - 3:40pm

Better name for Elizabeth - Lizzy or Ellie



  • Our friends' new daughter is named Elizabeth (5 weeks old)
  • They've been calling her Lizzy
  • MANY of their family members have commented that they don't care for nn Lizzy
  • DW prefers Lizzy and is used to calling her by this nn - but comments bother her
  • DH now wants to change the nn to Ellie
  • Should they:

  • Keep the nn Lizzy (I like Lizzie better, but this is how she spells it)
  • Change nn to Ellie


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Registered: 05-10-2004
Tue, 06-15-2004 - 6:04pm
I couldn't vote on this. I mean, you're telling me that the child is here and people are insulting what the parents are calling her? That is incredibly rude, none of their business--just plain appalling! They should call her Lizzie (however they want to spell it) b/c it's THEIR child and they like it! Let their friends go have babies and call them Aidan or Kaylee or whatever they want, but once a child is here, you respect the parents' decision and call the child what THEY like and don't comment negatively on the name!

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Registered: 05-09-2004
Tue, 06-15-2004 - 7:24pm
My fn is Elizabeth and no one has ever called me Lizzy! :(

I think it's really cute!

Ellie is nice too but I have always secretly wanted to be called Lizzy by at least someone! lol

~ Liz



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Registered: 05-24-2004
Tue, 06-15-2004 - 8:20pm
This was my reaction also. Most of the comments have been from older relatives, including both my friend's mother and her husband's father. I'm more of a "mind your own beeswax, you got to name your own children" type of person, and would have said such. However, they are really bothered by it so I volunteered to put up the poll.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Tue, 06-15-2004 - 8:25pm
I much prefer Lizzy. Ellie is very popular but it has never been my style. :)
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Tue, 06-15-2004 - 9:33pm
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Edited 6/15/2004 10:35 pm ET ET by jussiebean
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Tue, 06-15-2004 - 10:01pm

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Edited 6/16/2004 9:21 am ET ET by shellabellmom

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Registered: 12-12-2003
Tue, 06-15-2004 - 10:38pm
Melissa I deleted my post for fear you thought it was rude. Sorry, I didn't mean to offend.

The term, btw, was very clearly Lizzy. I just Googled it and it confirmed what I'd been told.

Jen




Edited 6/15/2004 10:53 pm ET ET by jussiebean

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Wed, 06-16-2004 - 9:09am

I didn't think your post was rude, I have just always heard the term lezzy not lizzy.

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Registered: 04-03-2004
Wed, 06-16-2004 - 9:26am
I don't care for Lizzy or for ellie (as a nn for elizabeth -- although this is my daughter's nn LOL)

why not Libby?

 

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Registered: 05-24-2004
Wed, 06-16-2004 - 10:48am
It's funny you mention Libby.

I just e-mailed her last night, "how do you feel about Libby?" It's so similar in sound and style to Lizzy, and would be a much easier transition than to Ellie. That is, if they change it at all. Her dh is already trying out Ellie, but my friend is still torn.

Just as background information, this issue came up when a great aunt or someone like that wrote them a congratulatory e-mail saying, "I hope you don't plan to call her Lizzie" or something like that, not knowing that was already her nn. Oops. So then they went around ASKING people what they thought about the nn. Most of their friends and siblings said they liked it fine. But for some reason, most of their older relatives, including the two living grandparents of the baby, said, "well, since you mention it - NO!!" So it wasn't as if people were going around giving out unsolicited advice, but they did answer more honestly than I did. I know my friend likes Lizzy, so I like it for her, even if I wouldn't have chosen it. They wouldn't choose my names, but I don't want them to tell me they don't like them, after the baby is already named, even if I ask.

Sorry to generate so much controversy!

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