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Juno, Lilias, Laurel or Evangeline

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CassandrasCastle · 22/12/2019 18:22

I am boring people on here, I'm so sorry of you've already read my threads with debate around Evangeline already 🙈 But I felt her kicking today for the FIRST TIME and suddenly felt like 'I must have a name for you!' Very hormonal no doubt. This is the shortlist, Juno is new.
DP likes Lilias and Evangeline best, I like Evangeline least because of the shortenings.
Gawd, I'm a broken record...

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CassandrasCastle · 23/12/2019 08:35

I'm sorry you seemed to go to school with so many children cruelly bullied for their names and initials Greggs :(

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CassandrasCastle · 23/12/2019 08:33

Juno is a Roman goddess - my parents would probably find it a bit heathen of me

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CassandrasCastle · 23/12/2019 08:32

@Greggers2017 I'm not being dismissive, I am saying there are many reasons why children will bully another. In my opinion Lilias is not a cruel name to give a child. How many flipping Lilys are there? And one gets called Lily willy - oh well, call it all off and name her Jane; except she'll be called Jane the pain (sorry thats lame..ha! Fuck that's bad) forever. Unless a name is obviously cruel like Dick Head, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to take on all the criticism re. 'children's name calling'.
I've also heard from posters with good experiences re. the name Lilias, just like I got on ok with Lou

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Waitingforadulthood · 23/12/2019 08:06

There's a lily that gets called lily willy in my dc school. Add ass onto the end of her name and they'd have a field day.

I like juno and laurel myself

BoomZahramay · 23/12/2019 07:18

Evangeline is by far the nicest. Also like Angeline.
The others are meh.

What about Julianna as the first name?

MrsBertBibby · 23/12/2019 06:51

Lilias is great. Bullying is not inevitable, and you never know what bullies will pick on, so beyond the obvious Richard Heads and Michael Hunts, it seems daft to bin a good name for that reason.

Juno is nice.
Evangeline is whiny and precious and ugly to my ear.
Laurel is dowdy and drippy.

MiniGuinness · 23/12/2019 03:27

My parents are VERY Christian, and despite loving Juno myself, I feel like it might upset them somehow...oh dear
I don’t understand this..?

NameChangedNoImagination · 23/12/2019 03:14

Love Laurel and Juno.

Junobug · 22/12/2019 23:26

Juno is my favourite. I would have used it for my dd but stupidly named the dog it first.
I think Evangeline is a beautiful name but a real shame when it gets shortened to Evie.

Astronica · 22/12/2019 23:21

I think 3 of them are good names: Juno, Lilias and Evangeline (I like them in that order). I really dislike Laurel.

Poorolddaddypig · 22/12/2019 23:13

Love Juno! Don’t like the others

Greggers2017 · 22/12/2019 22:34

Unfortunately Kids can be very cruel

Greggers2017 · 22/12/2019 22:34

@CassandrasCastle but what you're doing is dismissing the previous posters comment about the child being called ass, lily-ass will get picked up on. It's like Tammy being called Tammy Tampax etc. I went to school with a girl who's initial spelt STD. So it's not just names it's initials

AlecOrAlonzo · 22/12/2019 21:27

Love Juno. Love Laurel.

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CassandrasCastle · 22/12/2019 21:22

(I love Juniper, but DP hates it so..🙈)

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CassandrasCastle · 22/12/2019 21:22

Everley sounds nice, but somehow doesn't feel like a real name :s

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missmouse101 · 22/12/2019 21:20

Laurel and Juno, although I prefer Juniper.

daisypond · 22/12/2019 21:18

I really like Lilias. Laurel is great too. Juno is fine. Evangeline is my least favourite. It’s frilly and Victoriana compared to the others.

MeMeMeYou · 22/12/2019 20:43

I like Juno the best of these.

I can’t quite get away from thinking of Laurel and Hardy with Laurel. I love Laura and Flora instead. I do like the plant, Laurel, but it’s not my first thought.

17caterpillars1mouse · 22/12/2019 20:36

In order of preference

Laurel - beautiful, underused name
Evangeline - another beautiful classic
Lillias - though I much prefer Lillian, Lillith or Lillia
Juno - seems faddy to me

MaryBoBary · 22/12/2019 20:30

Juno obviously, not jump

MaryBoBary · 22/12/2019 20:30

I like jump and evangeline best out of your list but not crazy about them. Evangeline is nice but a bit of a mouthful, what do you think of Everley?

Peachbubble · 22/12/2019 20:14

From your list, Laurel. Goes nicely with Juliana too.

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CassandrasCastle · 22/12/2019 19:47

Also sorry but Lilias being compared to Richard Head...no. Come on now

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CassandrasCastle · 22/12/2019 19:46

I don't think Laurel is particularly frilly though

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