The Name, Elisabeth

It has been amazing to me how much time has gone into picking out a name for me. You would think that my name is the best to use. But, Oh No! The process went something like this:

"What is your name?"
"Elisabeth"
"What do you want people to call you?"
"How does Elisabeth sound?"
"No, but we think of the queen when we hear that name. It also sounds very foreign."
"Is that bad?"
"No, What do you want us to call you."
"What is a different form that would be more acceptable?"
"What about Eliza? Or Elizavieta?"
"I would prefer Eliza." (pronounced Eleeza)
"Are you okay with us calling you Eliza?"
"Yes, when I introduce myself, I will say my name is Eliza. Is that what I need to do?"
"Yes"

This conversation happened with at least 3 people within the first 2 weeks that I was here. I was trying to work with them all and get ideas of the names. There were other ideas of why my name would not work, but I can't remember them now. Each conversation about my name took at least 10 minutes to finally come up with a name. Each time I came up with the same name.

I found this very fascinating, can you tell?