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Lily / Lilly / or Lillie spelling

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BlueBee · 26/04/2015 07:48

Hi, as the title says, which spelling please. I think Lilly but thought I'd check I'm in the majority. The last one I'd never thought of till I saw it on a names list.

Thanks.

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Kim82 · 26/04/2015 07:52

I would spell it Lily.

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namechange2015 · 26/04/2015 07:53

I would spell it Lily like the flower

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BreacaBoudica · 26/04/2015 07:54

Lily like the flower! Other spellings just seems like you don't know how to spell...

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Reginafalangie · 26/04/2015 07:54

I have a Lily.

If you choose a different spelling please please don't come back on here in a few years time complaining about all the people who spell your DD's name wrong

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sandgrown · 26/04/2015 07:55

Lily like the flower

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Woodenheart · 26/04/2015 07:55

Lily,

If I saw the other two, I would assume they are supposed to be different to Lily & would probably think they said Lie-Lee

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AuntieStella · 26/04/2015 07:58

As a standalone name, Lily (like the flower)

Lillie is a nn to me eg Lillie Langtry whose real name was Emilie

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Bowlersarm · 26/04/2015 08:00

Lily

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Ladymoods · 26/04/2015 08:02

My dd is Lily and the other spellings make me cross quite frankly. As Boudica said, it just looks like you don't know how to spell.

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Ilovenannyplum · 26/04/2015 08:03

My sister is Lily

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SanityClause · 26/04/2015 08:07

Lily, like the flower. That's what the name is - a flower name.

Lilly makes me think of the coffee brand (Illy).

DS went to school with a girl called Lilie, which looks like Lie-lee to me. (Not that I was rude enough to say that to her, or her parents.)

I have an ordinary name, spelled in an unusual way. It is a PITA. It's not like having a name that can be spelled a couple of different ways, like Elisabeth/Elizabeth. You have to spell it out, all the time, and people constantly get it wrong, so you don't get emails, etc.

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Hakluyt · 26/04/2015 08:11

Never spell a name in a way that will mean your child saying "No, Lily with a double L" every day of her life. Some names do have alternative spellings their owners have to life with- don't create one where there is no need!

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BlueBee · 26/04/2015 08:21

Ahhhh, well that's sounding like I really do have the wrong spelling then. I'm so glad I asked! I don't know any Lily's so never really thought about it before. Thank you!

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Hakluyt · 26/04/2015 08:35

It's a lovely name. We would have used it, but our names have to sound good in a very broad Yorkshire accent, and I didn't like the way Lily would have sounded in Bradford!

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IsItUnusual · 26/04/2015 09:49

Lily definitely.

Lilly to me always looks wrong.

And Lillie feels like a nickname. But maybe that's because I knew a girl called Emily who shortened her name to Lillie.

For the name I would spell it like the flower.

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IsItUnusual · 26/04/2015 09:52

Also, I am not sure but I think the spelling Lilly is from Lillian (i.e. it was originally only used as a nickname). It's your choice and they're all ok spellings but I think Lily would be the easiest as it's what most people would write, so you can do less correcting.