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Elizabeth vs Annie - What's the difference?

elizabeth | annie |

As proper nouns the difference between elizabeth and annie

is that elizabeth is , popular since the 16th century while annie is also, a popular given name in the 19th century.

elizabeth

English

Alternative forms

* Elisabeth

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • , popular since the 16th century.
  • * 1595 , Amoretti , LXXIV:
    • Most happy letters! framed by skilful trade, / With which that happy name was first designed, - - - / Ye three Elizabeths ! for ever live, / That three such graces did unto me give.
  • * 1988 Barbara Vine ( = ), The House of Stairs , p.21:
    • "Because if you say it over and over to yourself, darling, it really is a quite strange-sounding name, isn't it? It's just as strange as any other from the Old Testament, Mehetabel or Hepsibah or Shulamith, and any of them might have got to be as fashionable as Elizabeth if a queen had been called by them.
  • * 1993 , Gone But Not Forgotten , Bantam Books ISBN 0553569031 p.25:
    • No one ever called Elizabeth' Tannenbaum stunning, but most men found her attractive. Hardly anyone called her '''Elizabeth''', either. An "' Elizabeth " was regal, cool, an eyecatching beauty. A "Betsy" was pleasant to look at, a tiny bit overweight, capable, but still fun to be with.
  • The mother of John the Baptist .
  • * 1380s Wycliffe version of the Bible: Luke 1:5 :
    • In the daies of Eroude, kyng of Judee, ther was a prest, Sakarie bi name, of the sorte of Abia, and his wijf was of the douytris of Aaron, and hir name was Elizabeth .
  • Elisheba, the wife of Aaron.
  • * 1380s Wycliffe version of the Bible: Exodus 6:23 :
    • Sotheli Aaron took a wijf, Elizabeth ,the douytir of Amynadab, the sistr of Naason.

    Related terms

    * Elizabethan * Bess * Bessie * Bessy * Bet * Beth * Betsy * Bettie * Betty * Biz * Elisabet * Elisabeth * Elise * Eliza * Ellie * Elsa * Elsie * Elspeth * Isabel * Isabella * Isabelle * Izzy * Libby * Lilly * Lily * Lisa * Lise * Lisetta * Lisette * Liz * Liza * Lizardbreath * Lisbeth * Lizbeth * Lizzie * Lizzy * Yelizaveta

    See also

    * (pedialite)

    annie

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • . Also, a popular given name in the 19th century.
  • * William Douglas(?), :
    • Maxwelton braes are bonnie / Where early fa's the dew; / An' it's there that Annie Laurie / Gi'ed me her promise true.
  • * 1830 , Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names :
    • I never thought of the most brilliant and elegant women in England quite so charming as she really is, till I heard her call her younger sister "Annie ". It seemed to remove at once the almost repellent quality which belongs to extreme polish, - gave a genial warmth to her brightness, became her like a smile. - - - If she had called her sister Anna-Maria according to the register, I should have admired, and feared, and shunned her to my dying day.
  • * 1947 , Hilda Lawrence, Death of a Doll , pages 39-40:
    • "I want you to stop calling yourself by that silly name, Annie'," Mrs. Marshall-Gill said clearly. "It's inappropriate and ridiculous and I don't like it. It may even be dishonest, I don't know. At any rate, you're to stop it at once. I looked up your registration, and your name is ' Annie , a solid, Christian name. You'll do well to abide by it."
    "I don't like Annie ," Jewel said.
    "It suits your face," Mrs. Marshall-Gill said. A titter ran around the listening room.

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