[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] is on our shortlist for our DD2 due this fall. My only hesitation is that I am not fond of the common nicknames like [name_f]Liz[/name_f], [name_f]Lizzie[/name_f], [name_f]Beth[/name_f], and [name_f]Betty[/name_f].
Maybe this is an obvious/silly question, but I’m wondering if [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] can be used as a nickname for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]? I know it is derived from [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] but it also very much seems like a standalone name; I’m worried it might seem excessive (like picking the name [name_f]Emily[/name_f] and giving the nn [name_f]Emma[/name_f]).
Other nicknames we would consider are [name_f]Elle[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], and [name_f]Ella[/name_f]. As for middle names with [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]/[name_f]Eliza[/name_f], I do like [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Kate[/name_f], and [name_f]Claire[/name_f], even if they’re expected. What do you think? DD1 is [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f].
Yes, certainly [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] can be used as an nn for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]! I actually know a few. Although [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] is a great stand alone name, it is well know for the trendy nn for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] in my area. I also love [name_f]Lizbet[/name_f] and [name_f]Ellie[/name_f].
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f] is my favorite
My name’s [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], and to be honest, I think that pretty much anything works as a nn for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]! I have been called [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] on more than a few occasions.
As said by the others, absolutely. (A fairly famous example - [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] [name_m]Hamilton[/name_m]’s wife [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] was [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]).
My favorite [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] nicknames are [name_f]Libby[/name_f] (obviously!), [name_f]Elsie[/name_f], and [name_f]Birdie[/name_f]. But you have many, many options- that’s what I love about [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]!
I like [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]! I think it’s much more interesting than [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]/[name_f]Ella[/name_f].
My favorite of your middles is [name_f]Claire[/name_f]. [name_f]Kate[/name_f] feels really abrupt after such a long name, because you immediately come to the ‘t’ sound. (Although [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Katherine[/name_f] would be nice.)
I think it absolutely works. And honestly I don’t think it’s more of a stand-alone name than [name_f]Beth[/name_f] is, both work well solo or as a nn.
In Pride and Prejudice [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_m]Bennett[/name_m] is known fairly interchangeably as [name_f]Lizzie[/name_f] and [name_f]Eliza[/name_f], so the history of it being used as an abbreviation is definitely there!
I think [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] would absolutely work as a shortening for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]. My only gripe would be that maybe it sounds more like a full name that a nn these days and therefore she might always get called [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] rather than [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f], if that makes sense?
I think both are beautiful, the reality is that a long name like [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] will be shortened at some point in her life, might as well start with one you like!
I think it would work but I think that [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] would still be shortened to [name_f]Liz[/name_f]. What about just [name_f]Liza[/name_f]. It sounds like [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] and is a nn for [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].
[name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Kate[/name_f], or [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f] nicknamed [name_f]Elle[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f], and/or [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] all sound stunning to me
And btw, [name_f]Audrey[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] is super beautiful.
