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[Opinions] Re: Lily Francesca
I suppose you're right, it was rather mercurial of me. But, admittedly, I do find Lily to be slightly diminutive now with my current tastes (whether pandering or not to Mrs. Norton). :-)I'm surprised others haven't heard of Lily used as a nickname for Elizabeth before. I thought it was quite widespread.Thanks for the welcome. :-)
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I've encountered oneI really like Lily as a nn for Elizabeth, I think it's refreshing and sweet. But I like Lily on its own fine, it's just sort of ubiquitous.
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It may indeed be widespread, I just haven't seen it done where I am (near Houston). I've seen Lilibeth once or twice, though. As I said, Beth being the most common Elizabeth nn here, I guess I thought Lilibeth must be a combination of Lily and Beth; it hadn't occurred to me that Lili- would be diminutive of Eliza-. But sure, why not.And, you're... welcome. :-)
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I have personally never seen or heard the nickname Lily for Elizabeth. The most common here is Lizzie or Liz, but I know that the nicknames go in stages. 50s Beth, 20s Betty, 1880s, Bessie
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nt.
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