Which name for baby girl?

[cornelia1]

Lila or Alexandra? What do you think about this names? We are considering Lila Alexandra but now I am thinking about Alexandra Lila.

[MsChanandlerBong]

Personal preference... I like Lila as a first name over Alexandra.
However Alexandra does give good nn options (Alex, Lexie etc) so you might want to take that into account.

[brodanbell]

Lila Alexandra said together runs better than the other way around....however having said that, how often is she going to have to introduce herself by her full name? Not often. TBH it's not as if it's that clunky to say Alexandra Lila, it just happens that it is smoother the other way around. I'll get to my point though....I prefer Alexandra to Lila. It has more impact, more oommph (if that is a word), and also has more nn options if you so wish. I find Lila to be a bit nothingy personally, but then I am not keen on names like Lola, Layla, Lara etc, they just sound like la-la-la-la to me, like a line from a song.

[EightiesChick]

Alexandra is lovely - that would be my choice of first name.

[Cereal]

Alexandra is a lovely classic name. Not so keen on Lila.

I think the two names together have too much l and a. I'd go for Alexandra with a different middle name.

[minipie]

Lila is a bit too made up/Kate Moss linked for me. I prefer Alexandra.

[Ebb]

I prefer Lily to Lila but I appreciate that's not what you asked. Lily Alexandra flows better I prefer Alexandra to Lila.

[thisisyesterday]

I think Lila Alexandra flows better.

then again, it's very rare that you'll ever need to use both names together. So I guess it comes down to which you prefer.

I think I might go with Alexandra just because I think Lila is getting/going to get quite popular whereas Alexandra is a fairly under-used classic

[AngelDelightIsIndeedDelightful]

Definitely Alexandra for me. As thisisyesterday says, it's a classic. So many different nn options.

[Yama]

Alexandra by a long, long way.

[redglow]

Lila much nicer.

[LaTristesse]

I prefer Lila, but think it sounds a bit clunky with Alexandra in the middle - it's the 2 vowels together... But maybe that's just me!

[muminthemiddle]

I think Alexandra is much better.

[Idreamofsunshine]

Lila is lovely

[Hulababy]

I prefer Lila to Alexandra.

No idea if it bothers you, it does some pepeople, but I would say Alexandra is far more popular than Lila too.

[Lexiejack]

I've got Alexandra. We call her lexie, lex or Alex and she answers to all 3. She's Alexandra Elise

[Quin]

Alexandra is lovely!

[mumofbumblebea]

definitely Alexandra although i'm not keen on the nn options. the full name is lovely

[LetThereBeRock]

Alexandra.

[FleurTing]

Both are pretty names, but Lila is a bit too fashionable at the moment - by the time she grows up her name could well be a dead giveaway of her age, like all the Traceys, Sharons, Amandas and Kayleighs.

[Chynah]

Alexandra. I have an Alessandra (italian version) and call her Lexi or Lex.

[Lexiejack]

The only problem I find with using Lexie as a nn is that old people seem to think I'm calling her sexy!!