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I like:

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Effie
Eli (EH-lee, the short form of Spanish Elisabet)
Ella
Ellie
Elsie (I have a sweet Step-Aunt Elsie, so that's colored my opinion)
Libby
Lilly
Litzy
Liz
Lizette
Lizzie

Elle & Liza

Elle / Ellie, or Beth

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Those are the only two I'd consider.

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Liz & Lizzie are both played out for me, particularly among Elizabeths in my generation. Bess / Bessie, Betsy, and Bette / Betty are all really dated. Liza & Eliza actually feel like separate names to me, diminutives that gained their own identity (like Sadie or Sally for Sarah).

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Effie wouldn't even occur to me as a nickname for Elizabeth, to be honest. And Buffy is synonymous with vampire slaying.

Libby & Betty

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I also like Buffy, but I’d never be brave enough to use it.

Haha. As someone who is an Elizabeth. I love the nicknames Elise, Betsy/Betsey.

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You can also try Ella even though that's a stretch.

My favourite nicknames for Elisabet are Eliška, Elis, Betty and Bětka and Běta (that's Czech nickname).

Eliza, Betsy, and Lizzie are my favorites.

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I think Biz and Bizzy are pretty cute.

I think my favorite now is Lisbet.

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After that, I like Betsy and Eliza.

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These are okay:
Bess, Beth, Elle, Elsie, Elise

My favorite is Lizzy. I really love Eliza, but I prefer it as a standalone name & same goes for Liza. I also like Betty, Betsy, Liz, and Ellie as nns for Elizabeth. I strongly dislike Beth.

This message was edited 1/16/2021, 4:30 PM

+ Izzy, Lizzy, Libby, Lili, Lisa, Eli

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If my name was Elizabeth I'd probably go by Beth, Ella, or Eli (EE-ly, not Ellie). I also like Eliza.

My favorite nickname for Elizabeth is Liza.

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I've also heard Birdie, Libby, and Ella.

Elise is my favourite. I also like Elsie, Betsy, Lizzie, and Bess.

I like Beth, Betty and Bette.

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There's also Lise & Elsa.

I like:
Ellie
Elsie
Lizzie
Liza (Spanish/Italian pronunciation)

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Neutral on:
Beth
Bess
Bessy
Effie
Eliza

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Dislike:
Buffy
Betty
Betsy
Liz
Liza (English pronunciation)

I know a Lilli who is 'really' Elizabeth: it was her two elder siblings' best attempt when she was new and they were tiny, and it stuck.

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The only one on your list that I like is Betsy. The others don't do it for me; especially boring Liz.

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There are also Bethan and Betsan, both Welsh diminutives, similar to Megan from Margaret. I like them both, especially Betsan (which I have only encountered on a BBC reporter).

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Elspeth - would it count as a diminutive? And Elsabe? I think they are mostly if not always used as full names in their own right.

My favourites are Bess (adore!), Beth and Libby.

Ella, Libby, Beth, Betsy, Eliza, Elsie, Elbie, Lili, Liesl, Zibby, Bethan, Lisbet, Elsa

I like Bette, and Bettye is a GP. There's something very 1930's trashy-classy about Bettye that I like. Bettye Violet is a combo I think about sometimes. Bess is cute too.

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I also like Lilibet quite a lot.

My favourites are:

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Elise
Eliza
Ilse
Liesje
Liese
Liesl
Betsy
Betty

My favourites are Bethan (also a name in its own right nowadays) and Libby and also Lisette

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Another Welsh nn is Betsan

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Also heard of:
Lilias and Lillias - Scottish names derived from Elizabeth
Lylie - used in 19th century Ebgland as a nn for Eliza
Tetty (Dr Johnson's wife Elizabeth's nn, not used much sine the 18th century - Totty was used for Charlotte)

Although I'm not a great fan of nicknames, some of them are nice. My favorite ones are:
Lisbeth and Lizbeth
Elise and Eliza
Ellie (could also be a short dorm of Eleanor)
Leebeth (queen Elizabeth II's nickname, derived from the way she pronounced her name when she was a little girl)

My favorites in order:
Liz
Libby
Buffy
Lizbeth
Beth

Z Berg (musician) is really named Elizabethand I think that's cute.

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I used to know a lady who went by Zabet. Love that.

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I'm kind of a fan of Elsa.

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Others:

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Elsie
Etta
Letta
Lettie / Letty
Lisa
Izzy
Libby
Zibby
Zizi / Zizzy
Lizbeth
Zazie (Yes, like the actress Zazie Beetz, but I think this is her full name. It's in the submitted database.)
Lilby

This message was edited 1/15/2021, 11:13 PM

Libby

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Libby

This message was edited 1/15/2021, 9:34 PM

My favourite is Elsie. I also like Betsy and Eliza.

Liz, Eliza, Bess

Bette, Bess, Babs, Baba, Lizza, Effie, Zabe, Bethie, Elly, Eli, Zabeth, Bebe.

I like Liz (not Lizzie), and Betty or Bette (pronounced Betty, not like "bet").

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Beth and Ellie are okay.

I like

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Liz
Lizzie
Bess

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The other ones either sounds strange or just don’t go well enough with Elizabeth.

Bess

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Bess is definitely my favorite. I'm also fond of Bessie, Betsy, Betty, Bette, and Liza.

My favorites are Eliza (though I do think Eliza can certainly stand on its own, and is a bit much for a nickname given it’s still a 3 syllable name), Ellie & Lizzie.

Lizzie is nice.

Lizzie is my favorite

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There's also Betty

This message was edited 1/15/2021, 8:17 PM