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My cousin has just had a baby girl and called her Elizabeth with the nickname Beth. Another cousins wife also had a baby girl a week ago and they named her Rebecca. Both are family names but WDYT?Hoping for
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Both nice names, though also extremely overused and slightly dated. I prefer Elizabeth to Rebecca, even though I abhor Beth. It just sounds frumpy and unattractive to me. I would much rather use Bess.
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They’re a little overused by especially Elizabeth feels like a classic that doesn’t really feel dated.
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Im biased, cuz Elizabeth is my name, and a family one too :). You don't hear it on little girls often anymore, but it's a great name to have, despite how formal and common it is already. She can go by many nicknames for sure(like Beth). Rebecca is sweet, I like it more than Elizabeth, but I love it more as a middle name. Im not sure if I would see myself using it as a first, because its dated imo, I picture it as a mom name.
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Fantastic choices. I am not a huge fan of Beth as a nickname, but its still good.
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Great names
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Good, classic, timeless, feminine names. Nothing new or outrageous, not super exciting either, but nice names nonetheless.
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Elizabeth is beautiful, and Beth is one of the nicknames I prefer (though my favorite is Elle / Ellie).Rebecca is a decent name, but unfortunately it's being meme'd, hard, this generation. Especially if they call her Becky.
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They’re both nice. But completely, over the top, boring and blah. Rebecca is slightly better, because I actually like the nickname Beck or Bex. Other than that, they’re just overused and boring. But nice! No terrible flaws or ugly sounds or anything.

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Beth is my favorite nn for Elizabeth. I think it’s sophisticated and elegant with a cute nn for a smaller child
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Elizabeth is a gorgeous name, one of my favorites. Beth is quite unexpected but not bad. Rebecca is nice.
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My daughter is Elisabeth (the Danish spelling) so, naturally, I love it. :) She goes by Elisabeth.I also really like Rebecca. It’s a lovely name.
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I love both! You almost never hear Rebecca on kids anymore so that makes me especially happy. I really love Elizabeth, though not Beth. Still, it's a nice, unexpected nickname.
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