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Variation of Lily?

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duckloves · 04/06/2020 13:52

So we love the name Lily and even though it's getting quite popular we still really like it. Yesterday going through nameberry for inspiration this name came up on a completely unrelated thread to the name Lily.

Lilium

What do you think? Is it a realistic alternative? I do like the -um bit quite a lot even though I can't explain why

Thanks xxx

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MikeUniformMike · 07/06/2020 19:30

Which part of " there is something wrong with that list" are you struggling with?

The list you quoted from has entries that are awful.

If being a "flat earth believer" stops someone being called something apalling then surely that is no bad thing.

Someone might look at a list like that one, pick a name because it looks pretty, and the meaning it gives perfectly nice. Poor child would end up being named Slug.

Argue if you like, but it is on there.

footprintsintheslow · 07/06/2020 18:54

@MikeUniformMike communicating with you is like dealing with a flat earth believer. Exhausting and pointless.

Lockdownlover · 07/06/2020 14:09

Liliana is nice

maybemaybemaybe · 07/06/2020 13:52

Lilah
Leila
Lola

MikeUniformMike · 07/06/2020 13:16

@3LittleMonkeyz, @footprintsintheslow,
look at that image. It lists Llian as a name.

Llian is Towel.

It also has Aberfa - great, Berfa is Wheelbarrow,
Aelwyd - Hearth
Amser - Time
Anwyn - Starvation
Arthes - She-bear
Berth - Shrub, Bush
Bregus - Fragile, Frail
Bron - Breast

I'm only on B, and if you can't see that there is something wrong with that list, then I hope your children are delighted with their names.

I think I'd rather not be called Breast or Bush.

Mumsnut · 06/06/2020 22:22

Lilla had a vogue in the thirties

footprintsintheslow · 06/06/2020 22:05

@MikeUniformMike

Mae Lilwen yn enw, gallwch chi gwneud enwau lan. Bydd e’n well os fydd hyphen yn y enw? Mae blodyn (lily) wen yn enw bert felly does dim ots.

Variation of Lily?
Variation of Lily?
3LittleMonkeyz · 06/06/2020 20:48

@MikeUniformMike

Just google it it's on almost all of the baby name sites, and It's 2000 and something on the ONS for 2017.

MikeUniformMike · 06/06/2020 13:37

It is made up. I can think of real life examples of similarly made up names (word+wen), but it would out them. Chances are there are one or two Lilwens and no Liliwen. If you speak Welsh, you will see and hear why it doesn't work.

I made up Lilette, aware that it sounded like a product, but there is someone who has that as their name.

I could say Lilette is a French name, but it isn't. Lisette is and is pretty.
Lis is lily.

flamingochill · 06/06/2020 13:11

Lilette makes me think of Lil-lets tampons

3LittleMonkeyz · 06/06/2020 13:10

It's not made up though, just Welsh

MikeUniformMike · 06/06/2020 13:07

They are made up.
Liliwen doesn't even work because of how Welsh works.

Whether or not someone is actually called the name doesn't really make it a name. Apple was probably not a girl's name until someone called their daughter it. Is Apple a girl's name?

If I called a DD Philwen would that make Philwen a name?
Philipwen wouldn't work because it would be pronounced PhiLIPwen.

How about Lilette?

footprintsintheslow · 06/06/2020 12:45

@MikeUniformMike I'm afraid you must've misread my post. I said these were Welsh names. Sorry if that doesn't fit with your narrow view of real language.

flamingochill · 06/06/2020 12:32

Leela is sometimes spelt Lila (although some would pronounce it like lilac without the c )

flamingochill · 06/06/2020 12:30

Sounds like a Harry Potter spell or something from the periodic table so a big no from me.

MikeUniformMike · 06/06/2020 12:20

Lilwen
Liliwen

These are made up names and IMO are awful. Lili is ok but Lilwen and Liliwen are not. Liliwen would be pronounced Li-LI-wen not Lily-wen

3LittleMonkeyz · 06/06/2020 09:07

Sounds like something from the periodic table.

I think if you have that many names that are similar to Lily close to you you should look for something else.

mamablondie2 · 06/06/2020 08:56

Lilian is SO much nicer!

CraftyGardener · 05/06/2020 23:32

Millicent. Could be milllie or Lilly

MikeUniformMike · 05/06/2020 20:02

Tesco own brand tampons used to be called Lilia.

Bertyb7 · 05/06/2020 19:57

Lilia is beautiful

MikeUniformMike · 05/06/2020 19:55

Susanna

HBGKC · 05/06/2020 17:40

My dd is Elisabeth, and she gets called Lily more often than her full name.

daisypond · 05/06/2020 17:36

I do like Lily, but the ones I know are in their 20s, so it seems very behind the times to me now. I would have said Lilias, but if you’ve got family called Lilian or Lilia, maybe something else.

Susannah - means Lily.
Or
Millie, Tillie, Lola, Callie, Sally, Molly, Polly, etc

heartonastring · 05/06/2020 17:35

Oh lillibette is lovely!!

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