Variants of Elizabeth or Kay?

Girl Names
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Several people on my husbands side of the family have been trying to persuade us to give a family name for DD#2’s middle name - first name is [name]Waverly[/name], last name has 4 syllables.

The two names they are pushing are [name]Elizabeth[/name] (which I like but don’t love, plus it’s a big long for the first and last names it would be paired with) and [name]Kay[/name] (which I just don’t like). Hubby doesn’t particularly care for either and isn’t concerned about passing any names on. I do love my husbands family and if we could find something that is similar to one of these names that we love I would be happy to give our daughter a name that still honors their side of the family.

I would love to hear your suggestions for variants of these two names. Please keep in mind, we do not like [name]Kate[/name], [name]Katherine[/name], or any close variant (which I know basically eliminates most options related to [name]Kay[/name]). I really like [name]Elise[/name] but hubby rejected it.

This might take some creative thinking, which is why I’m coming to you wonder name people!
Can’t wait to see what you come up with!

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Hmmm…

I don’t know if these are close variants or not?

Kagan
[name]Kaia[/name]
Kailani
[name]Kaisa[/name]
[name]Kaya[/name]
Kaygan
[name]Kayla[/name]
[name]Kaylee[/name]
Kayna
[name]Keagan[/name]
[name]Kegan[/name]
Key
[name]Keyla[/name]
Keyna

[name]Kalila[/name] (a real Arabic name meaning beloved, sort of combines elements of both?)

[name]Just[/name] any name starting with letter K, so her middle initial would be K?

[name]Bethan[/name]
[name]Bethany[/name]
[name]Bethia[/name]
[name]Bettina[/name]
[name]Lily[/name]

Maybe a name meaning pure like [name]Kay[/name]?

[name]Agnes[/name]

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I like [name]Elizabeth[/name], but I [name]LOVE[/name] [name]Elisabeth[/name]. That ‘s’ makes all the difference to me!
For pretty much every [name]Elizabeth[/name] variation under the sun, go to: International Variations of Elizabeth | Nameberry
Maybe you’d find something in that list that works for you.

The reason I love [name]Elisabeth[/name]/[name]Elizabeth[/name] is it’s classic beauty AND the fact that is has so many fabulous nicknames ([name]Eliza[/name], [name]Betsey[/name], [name]Lily[/name], Lissy, [name]Betty[/name], [name]Bess[/name] etc…).

[name]Kay[/name] is also lovely…it flows well with [name]Elizabeth[/name]. However, if you don’t like it, don’t use it! Especially if you are already compromising by using [name]Elizabeth[/name].

Here are the few [name]Kay[/name] variations that weren’t already mentioned:
[name]Kyla[/name]
[name]Kayley[/name]
[name]Kasey[/name]
[name]Kaytlin[/name]
[name]Kaylin[/name]
Or maybe more of a stretch with: [name]May[/name], [name]Fay[/name], [name]Bay[/name], [name]Rae[/name]…

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I think [name]Eliza[/name] could be cute for a middle name, or [name]Beth[/name].

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I think [name]Waverly[/name] [name]Beth[/name] works well too. What about [name]Waverly[/name] [name]Karen[/name] for [name]Kay[/name]?

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[name]Waverly[/name] [name]Elspeth[/name]
[name]Waverly[/name] [name]Lilibet[/name]
[name]Waverly[/name] [name]Liza[/name]
[name]Waverly[/name] [name]Bess[/name]