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Lily-April / Tilly-April or April-Lily...vote please!

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lovenest · 08/03/2011 12:52

Please vote for the nicest! Thanks

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EricNorthmansMistress · 11/05/2011 23:03

Are you serious? You plan to change her name by deed poll??? What did you decide on in the end?

MelinaM · 10/05/2011 15:38

...it's own!!!

MelinaM · 10/05/2011 15:38

Agree no hyphen, use either one on it;s won or choose something else entirelySmile

How about Lilia or Lila?

Fatimalovesbread · 10/05/2011 13:30

So what is she called at the moment if this thread is about changing it?

GwendolineMaryLacey · 10/05/2011 13:22

Or you could just pick a name, use it and then forget about it. Really, deed-poll, what she'll be called at school? That's seriously overthinking it.

FWIW April is a lovely name but sounds daft with Lily.

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lovenest · 10/05/2011 12:31

Thanks for the opinions! It is my last day to amend the name today and I still am unsure!!!! I think I will have to see what she grows into and then change via deed poll.

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winkle2 · 11/03/2011 11:00

April is a lovely first name. Not keen on double barrelling. Leave Lily as a middle name.

ZenNudist · 09/03/2011 09:46

Lilly (2 'L's) is lovely, bit overused ATM but that doesn't matter I guess.

Tilly is a nickname, do her a favour & at least give her the option of a real name.

April, well IMHO it's a month, not a name, but can see how others might think it's pretty & original. Just hope she is born in April eh? :)

Hyphenated, just no.

How about Avril?

jellybeans · 09/03/2011 09:10

Lily-April but I don't like hyphenated either. Nine out of ten that I know drop the second bit anyway by school age.

MamaLazarou · 09/03/2011 08:57

April Lily - no hyphen.

mollymawk · 08/03/2011 23:06

April-Lily is very hard to say. And I'm an adult. Imagine how hard your daughter would find it to tell people her name! (L being quite a difficult sound for children to get, IME).

pippibluestocking · 08/03/2011 23:03

My point exactly Grin

candleshoe · 08/03/2011 23:00

Quite - otherwise how can she be a barrister, heart surgeon or chief executive officer?

pippibluestocking · 08/03/2011 22:59

If you want to go with Tillie, name her Matilda - she needs a serious name to resort to when she is older

candleshoe · 08/03/2011 22:56

silly billy willy tilly lilly aprilly

Misfitless · 08/03/2011 20:05

April Lily but no hyphen and I'd use two LL's in Lilly.
I'd have Lilly as a middle name - April Lilly is too much for a first name imo, but it's better than the other two suggestions. Smile.
Second thoughts I'd drop April and have Lilly with a diferent middle name but everyone else seems to love it so whadoiknow!

BetamaxBandit · 08/03/2011 19:04

April Lily with no hyphen

qumquat · 08/03/2011 18:53

April Lily or Lily April. No hyphen. SOme hyphenated names work (even though I don't personally like them) but these combinations have too many L sounds for comfort.

barmbrack · 08/03/2011 16:15

Go without the hyphen.

Our DS is George (first) Henry (middle) (except he's not, but something a bit similar), and we often call him GeorgeHenry as an affectionate lengthening of his name (iyswim)

ensure · 08/03/2011 16:14

Agree with trillianastra.

BuzzLiteBeer · 08/03/2011 16:11

Lily-Tilly-Aprilly-Millie.

No laughing you lot, its my DD's name.

dappleton · 08/03/2011 16:09

April Lily

pipplin · 08/03/2011 16:08

Tilly April is lovely imo

Nagoo · 08/03/2011 15:45

Why do you want her to have a variant on a name already used by half the kids in your street?

April is nice btw. genuinely. :)

PixieOnaLeaf · 08/03/2011 15:43

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