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Better name for Elizabeth - Lizzy or ...
| 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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I guess I didn't read this post carefully enough....so I say stick with Lizzy or just shorten it to Liz....still not crazy about Ellie and definitely wouldn't change it for the sake of others. I'd tell your friend to stick with Lizzy if that's what she likes and when Lizzy grows up, she can change it to Liz or Ellie or Betty or Elizabeth or whatever she prefers!
I have a friend named Elizabeth and she is called Liz and Betty...she doesn't prefer one over the other.
HTH and tell your friend to just do what she wants to do and ignore everyone else,
Laura
Edited 6/16/2004 1:10 pm ET ET by laura_ds_73
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that said, I'm not a big fan of the name Elizabeth for many reasons - too common, too old-fashioned, too many possible nicknames, none of which I like.
There are plenty out here who like Lizzy more than Ellie, but in the end, don't be swayed either way by others' opinions!!
You're actually the only person I've EVER heard mention that she didn't like the name Elizabeth. I guess that's why it's so timelessly popular - most people like it. My mother has always regretted not naming me Elizabeth (her dear friend's name) and I know she secretly wishes for a granddaughter named Elizabeth. However, she is considerate enough to act delighted about the name we have chosen, should we have a daughter, although I know it wouldn't be what she would have chosen.
I love nns, but I can see that if you aren't a nn person, you wouldn't want to name your child Elizabeth. Although my mother's friend Elizabeth always goes by her entire name and corrects people if they shorten it (people usually shorten it - how nervy - to Liz, which she hates).
:)
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