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Well, since I got to know a very clever woman named Elizabeth, this name has suddenly started growig on me - I kind of authomatically imagine a bright girl from middleclassish family who hates her name's heavyness and hates the nickname that it used at home - Liz or something like that. (Maybe it's all because of "my" Elizabeth - she doesn't still like her name, and she never uses the nickname that was used by her mother - Betty.)
:D A good start, since I've been hating Elizabeth a long time...
(Even now I dislike the "royal" association - I think that monarchy is the last thing that a society needs to carry on it's shoulders, so I'm not fond of any names considerd royal)

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But now, to the nicknames:
I like Liz either as a nickname or as a full name, but I hate Lizzie, because it sounds so... little-precious.
The Elizabeth I know goes by Liza (LEE-zah), but I can't say I love this nickname. Buffy is kind of nice - I have been lately in love with some kind of silly names, and Buffy fits in this cathegory easily. Other B-names are ok., though a bit oldish-fussy-Victorian. :S
I hate Elisa, Elsa, Elisa, Eliza and Elsie. They'll always stay for me as full old-German-Wagnerian names - remember Lohengrin, which, btw, was one of the most popular operas in the Third Reich?
I also hate Lili, Lily, Lilly, Lilie etc etc. They're so - full-cutesy, even as nicknames. (The oly Lily-combo I like is Lily Ursula. It's perfect. I don't remember who did invent this gorgeous combo...)

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And now to the absolute favourites:
Ellie or Elli. I love them both, and as full first names, too. They're gorgeous, and make out of the pompeous Elizabeth youthful, light and attractive.
Libby - I love it also as a nickname for Liberty or Libena - it's sound is amazing and it isn't used too often.