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[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Elspeth and Elseveth

WDYT? If you hate them, which is worse? Is someone who uses this name dooming their child to a life of constantly correcting people that their name isn't Elizabeth?


ETA-- I think I may have actually heard Elseveth before, but I realized after double-checking that I was misremembering the spelling/pronunciation of Elsvet.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/___heyvanity/]

I prefer Elspeth to Elseveth (kinda had problems pronouncing it). I'm pretty indifferent. On one hand, I think it is a cool variation and something more different than Elizabeth... on the other, I don't really like the way it sounds.

[satunian.livejournal.com]

I hate them both very much - I don't know which is worse. Elseveth looks like a drunk tried to say Elizabeth and Elspeth makes me think of Maspeth (a town in Queens, NY). And to your last question - probably.

[doxerssoldout.livejournal.com]

agreed.

[lisasimpsonfan.livejournal.com]

When I say Elseveth out loud I feel like I am almost lisping. I am not a fan.

[jeweledvixen.livejournal.com]

Elspeth is very nice. Elseveth looks and sounds ugly. Yes, this poor child would constantly be telling people her name was ~not~ Elizabeth!

[ohhvelocitygirl.livejournal.com]

I like Elspeth, Elseveth is kind of awkward

[shakeycat.livejournal.com]

Elspeth is okay, surely she'd just be called "Elsa" all the time (which I like!) Elseveth sounds like some elf from LOTR.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I love variants of Elizabeth.

I have heard of Elspeth before and never Elseveth ... so I think Elseveth is a bit too out there to use, so my pick would be Elspeth

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I really like Elspeth and I really dislike Elseveth.
The latter sounds like someone trying to say Elizabeth with a lisp.

[byfaith.livejournal.com]

A friend of a friend's name is Elspeth. I'd never heard it before and thought it was unique if nothing else. I don't hate it, but I am not in love with it either. I don't really think of Elizabeth when I hear it. Elspeth is two syllables; Elizabeth is four... that's a pretty big difference.

I don't like Elseveth (this is the first time I've heard/seen it). I would say Elseveth is the worst.

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I don't mind Elspeth, and I definitely don't think they will constantly have to correct people!

I really don't like Elseveth, at all.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

I quite like Elspeth. I think it is lovely. However, it could sound a bit like someone saying Elizabeth quickly, especially as it isn't a terribly well known name. I would use it anyway, if you really loved it.

My first thought with Elseveth was that it sounded like an elf from LotR, which I saw someone else thought as well. It has a kind of interesting sound, but I don't like the way it looks.

[retrodancekitty.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Elisheva and every time I'm spelling Elizabeth, I manage to type Elizaveth, which is impractical, but I like it. Elseveth reminds me of that.
I've never liked Elspeth, although the dislike is more visual than sound-wise, but I don't connect it with Elizabeth at all.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Elspeth, definitely, though Elseveth is really pretty as well.

But in the competition of different forms of Elizabeth, Erzsébet wins out for me, hands down.

[duck-deluxe.livejournal.com]

Ditto

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure it would be dooming a child to a life of correcting, but I absolutely love Elspeth (more, even, after I had a dream that involved the name). Elseveth is interesting, I've never heard it before. I assumed it was an old, obscure version of the name, but when I tried Googling it, most of the reults had to do with World of Warcraft, so maybe not?

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Elspeth is an almost-guilty pleasure of mine. There was an Elspeth at my college and she never had problems with people thinking her name was Elizabeth. That seems like it would be a much bigger issue with Elseveth, which I do NOT like.

[quinnthevixen.livejournal.com]

Neither are my style, but I'd choose Elspeth over Elseveth.

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

I love the name Elspeth but I've not heard Elseveth before. The latter does sound a bit like Elizabeth but I don't think so much that it would be constantly corrected.

[octobre09.livejournal.com]

Sorry, but I agree. I especially don't like how Elspeth sounds.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of Elseveth, and I don't love the sound of it, but I do like Elspeth! It's pretty.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

I misremembered Elseveth. The name I was actually thinking of is Elsvet. It's from a science fiction series I like. I originally thought a lot of the character's names were made up, but a lot of them appear to be old/uncommon European names and odd spellings/forms of contemporary names.

Other examples from the same series are: Sarra, Collan, Mikel, Taigan, Taig, Glenin, Cailet, Auvry, Elinar, Gorynel (eh...), Lusira, to name a few. There are a lot of variations because everyone is named after a saint, their name being a variation of the saint's name (for instance Sarra being a variation of Sirrala and Collan being a variant of Colynna).

Some characters from her other series are: Sioned, Rohan, Sionell, Sioneva, Siona, Rihani, Rohannon, Rislyn, Jihan, Meiglan, Meig, Pol, Tobin, Ianthe, Andrade, Andry, Maarken, Milar, Jahni, Jahnavi, Audrite, Roelstra, Antalya (I love this name), Gemma, Ryan, Ruala. In that series a lot of the names mean something in the "old tongue" and tend to be based down in different variations. A lot of her place names are actually European place names as well.

[mirhanda.livejournal.com]

[nerd hat on]
It really doesn't. Elven names have definite patterns and this doesn't meet any of them.
[/nerd hat off]

[mirhanda.livejournal.com]

I like Elspeth. It makes me think of one of Samantha's relatives on Bewitched. It's nice and different without being too "out there" or bizarre sounding. I don't like the other one at all. At least not for a real person, but for RP purposes, it would be great!

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

I prefer Elspeth to Elseveth but I honestly don't like either, for pretty much the reason you mentioned- I think she would constantly be saying "No, not Elizabeth..." and while I like several uncommon/unconventional names, they are very distinct names.

If that makes any sense at all?

[shakeycat.livejournal.com]

Ah, there you are! I was afraid to put in LOTR as a reference because I knew it was wrong, but it was just the first thing that came to mind. By LOTR I really meant, uh .. "High-end fantasy" :)

[mirhanda.livejournal.com]

I'm a little bit embarrassed that I know that, haha.