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Lily

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swancourt · 15/05/2016 17:08

I love this name. I know it's in the top ten, but I don't meet many. There's one in my eldest daughter's school but it's hyphenated with something else.

How many do you meet?

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HouseOfBiscuits · 15/05/2016 21:27

It's a lovely name and I don't know of any Lilys.

KERALA1 · 15/05/2016 20:23

Lots. Nice name but if popularity bothers you definitely one to avoid. Usually at lest one or two per class along with Eve etc

Indantherene · 15/05/2016 17:37

We've got at least 3 at our 200-pupil primary, plus another one at Brownies who goes to a different local school.

mrsschu · 15/05/2016 17:32

I love it and know only one who is actually called Lillian.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 15/05/2016 17:31

They're everywhere. It's like no one can see any further than the name Lily for a girl, like Reuben, Noah, Oscar and Oliver for boys, and if I hear another Lily-Mae yelled out in the park. I'll scream, but all that said though. It's your baby. Your choice

manicinsomniac · 15/05/2016 17:31

My first though was that I think it's become such a stereotypically popular name that actually there aren't all that many any more. But then it is still top ten so that can't be true across the country.

I recently worked on a dance show which included nearly 150 children, largely under 10 years old and almost all girls. Only one Lillie. At school I've taught lots of Lilys and a Lili but the youngest of those is now 11. No a single one in the school of 350ish at the moment.

TheWindInThePillows · 15/05/2016 17:25

I know one Lilli (for Lillian). I think it's a really pretty name though. One of mine has a top ten popular name and we don't meet that many other children with it, there are two in her class including her.

MashesToPashes · 15/05/2016 17:23

I work in a Primary School with 200 approx students and live in the village it serves, I don't know one.

RaeSkywalker · 15/05/2016 17:23

My DH loves this name. I like it, but think it's too popular in our area to use. We were at a wedding last summer and there were 6 little girls there (I'd say all aged under 8). 2 of these girls were called Lily, and 1 was Lily-Rose.

If you like it, use it, but I think the popularity would drive me nuts.

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swancourt · 15/05/2016 17:17

One of my DDs has a popular name already so I'm not against popular names or anything. But I loved that name and never doubted it for a second, so I am able to shrug it off that there are three in her year at school (two form entry). I think Lily is really, really pretty, but weighing up whether I love it enough that it wouldn't bug me.

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nectarini1983 · 15/05/2016 17:13

So pretty but v v popular round these parts.

MrsMarigold · 15/05/2016 17:12

Lovely very pretty who cares about where it is in the popularity rankings.

Dangerouswoman · 15/05/2016 17:12

I think of it as a popular name but I only know one age 10.

IoraRua · 15/05/2016 17:11

A bajillion of them. I know of Lily, Lili, Lilee variations. I can think of six I know personally and from talking to teacher friends they know a lot too.

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