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


You will be able to change your vote.


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Registered: 03-30-2003
Wed, 06-16-2004 - 11:40am
I like Liz better than Lizzy so I picked the blank spot! Not crazy about Ellie!

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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Registered: 08-01-2003
Wed, 06-16-2004 - 1:36pm
they should have decided that BEFORE they named her Elizabeth. But if they've been calling her Lizzie, if the baby's mom likes the nn Lizzie, that's HER business, not the business of the people telling her they don't like it. I have never known a single Elizabeth who went by the nn Ellie. All the Ellie's I know are named either Ellen or Eleanor.

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.

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Registered: 05-10-2004
Wed, 06-16-2004 - 3:00pm
I really really think they should stick w/Lizzy as that's what they like. There will always be people who don't like your child's name (usually they just don't tell you, which is how it should be imo)! You can't please everyone. Lizzy is cute and when she gets older, if she doesn't like Lizzy, she can change the spelling or start calling herself Ellie or Elizabeth or Miss Bubbles for that matter--whatever she wants. For now, I really think the parents' opinions are all that matter.

There are plenty out here who like Lizzy more than Ellie, but in the end, don't be swayed either way by others' opinions!!

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Registered: 05-24-2004
Wed, 06-16-2004 - 3:02pm
They did decide - on Lizzy. :) I guess they just didn't anticipate the negative reaction. I wish they hadn't gone around polling people (especially after the fact) and I wish people had been quite so honest. They were perfectly happy calling her Lizzy until this week. As if they don't have enough to worry about with their 5 week old! :)

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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Registered: 05-29-2003
Wed, 06-16-2004 - 5:19pm
We are expecting a girl and plan to name her Elizabeth Claire, nn Lizzie. I did a poll a while back and got negative feedback on Lizzie, but I just love it. I have a friend who is a Lizzie, and her friends and family call her Liz, Lizzie or Elizabeth (which I also love - no nn at all)depending on mood...
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Registered: 06-15-2004
Wed, 06-16-2004 - 8:32pm
She is THEIR baby, not any one else's. They should not let anyone, not even family, tell them what to name their child or how to raise that child. They liked Lizzy enough to call her that for the last 5 weeks and shouldn't be bullied into changing their minds. Tell the family members who don't like it that they can go fly a kite! LOL

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