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My daughter is called Lily (we didnt mix with parents before we got pregnant) and I kind of regret calling her it, its lovely but very very popular indeed esp here in the south west x
Not heard of any one caled Lily or Lucy for as long as I can remember. I quite like them both but prefer the spelling Lillie. Not keen on Anya sounds like something from a 1970's space series.
Lucy and Lily are both gorgeous but if I had to make choice it would be Lucy (short is Lou, Lulu, Luce, all v sweet), plus have known 3 Lily's over the years and they were all super-cute but very feisty!!
I liked the name Lucy until dd was bullied by one. Now can't hear the name without seeing her nasty sneering face! Lily is pretty Layla and Lola are nice too.
I have a Lucy and it's such a gorgeous name. I have no regrets.
I like Lily too, but there are so many Lilys round here. Lucy is supposed to be really popular too, but I don't know any little ones (the only one I do know is my neighbour in her 50s).
If you are worried about the number of them, you could always go for Lucinda and just call her lucy.
Be warned though - she is constantly Lulu and Luce to us. Every time I call her Luce, I can feel my mother shudder! If that bothers you as a NN, choose something else!
I love Lily, very contemporary it's true but it is a gorgeous name. I prefer it to Lucy.
Not hugely keen on Anya, it's a bit close to Enya for me and Connie makes me think too much of that Maria lass! But you need to love it! my dh and I can't agree on boys names at all.... it's quite stressful!
I like Lily and Lucy; my dd is Lucy - I didn't know a single Lucy when I was growing up and it was always going to be my first choice name. However, now I have named dd Lucy, I know of (at least) four others - two of them go to the same childminder; also, I'm constantly hearing children being called it in the park and in the street. Argh - how did this happen! However, it's still a gorgeous name imo. I hadn't thought of Lucinda - I love lulu and might try calling her that as a pet name - at the moment she's poppet and probably thinks that is her name
Oops, sorry, haven't answered OP's question! Hmmm - I think you should push for Lily - reason being, he won't let you have Connie, you don't want Lucy any more, so perhaps Lily would be the compromise? (Plus, you really like it, and it is a gorgeous name )
Lucy Lucy lucy - but then i am a little biased. Lilly was on our short list, but my mum is superstitious about lillies (dont ask me why)and i thought lilly might get shortened to lil.
Lucy is the patron saint of light so its a very positive name