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I've just found out I'm going to have a little girl, so this is my shortlist:

Willow
Sophia
Lily

I'm in Scotland if that changes the popularity of names , so what do you all think?

Im in NI and I know of 2 Willows born since start of Nov and 4 Sophias (including mine )

Sophia is obviously my favourite. But I prefer Lily to Willow!

Sophia. I looked after a beautiful Sophia when I was a nanny. She is now in her teens and is still beautiful. It's quite a strong name too, where as Willow sound more soft, although still lovely.
Congratulations!

Willow

I love willow, was on my short list but we had a boy! I love nature names, raine,storm,red,river etc!

Willow

then Sophia

Willow and Sophia are my two favourites but I can't decide between them both, I was thinking of maybe having Lily or Lucy as a middle name.

Sophia.

Willow

Sophia, my kitten is called Willow (pussy).

I like feisty girls names so probably not Willow for me..

Willow, no contest. Great nns - Lolly, Lolo, Will, Billie - love it!

I love willow, I like lily and Sophia but I know loads of them (also in Scotland)

Willow.

Willow

Thanks everyone. It's still a close choice between Sophia and Willow but I think we're going to go with Willow.

Erm, isn't Willow the name of a (male) dwarf in the film of the same name? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Davis

I guess it probably has some more recent popular culture references.. but ot me it brings to mind the chap in the link above.

Willow is the name of LOTS of tv and movie characters. Why flag up that one?

I like Willow.

Only because it is the one I think of... I liked the film a lot :-) And it is the title character.

But means I think of it as a boy's name.

Personally I prefer Sophia for a girl and I thought these threads were about seeking a range of opinions?

It is a cool film, that was the first time I became aware of my burning need to shag Val Kilmer

but Willow reminds me more of the one in Buffy!

I'm too old (or female, I remember some guys watching at uni) for Buffy!

Love the name Sophia.

I would go for Willow, there are so many Sophias and Lilys around.

Willow

I like Willow!

The dwarf in the film Willow and Willow from Buffy are equally tied in my mind when I think "what does that remind me of?".

Both are great characters so it's not a negative link. Though I do perhaps err more to seeing Willow as unisex because of the film whereas most people don't!