Girls names, help!

Most of us who live in Cities come across names from across the World all the time, but, as I said in my first post, if a family comes from another country, and their dc have names from their own culture, that is not strange at all. A huge % of children in my City have names that have not been traditionally British, but generally, when people ask on baby names threads with that in mind (as has been said by a previous poster), they tend to say 'We are not from the UK but will be living in London for a while, does this name work in English?' or 'If you saw this written down, how would you pronounce it' etc etc.
When people just say 'What do you think of the name...... X', then you tend to get different responses.

I know baby name sites can talk a lot of shite, but the only place I can find any info on the origin of Milu is one which says it is of English origin. OP, are you able to tell us where the name comes from at all? Or have you gone forevaaaah?! I hope not. Honestly, MN can be fab. Stay!

Ok, stop for a minute and think of your dd when she's a 35 year old woman with a job and she has the name Lilibelle. Still think that's a good idea?

Milu is a cute name but Lilibelle like others have said is overly frilly and girly and would definitely get shortened to lily or belle.

Which is why most switched-on posters who aren't just here longing to find something to flounce over would, for example, say we're thinking of using Milu, it's a name from X, we'd use it because we're X heritage on this side, it's pronounced like this with the accent, how would you pronounce it if you saw it without the accent... etc.

You seem to have deliberately tried to assume, for example, that the average reader here should know the difference in pronunciation with/without accent when you haven't even specified the language the name links to.

Goady. But if what you want to hear is a lot of sticky-mud dullards shouting that you should call her Olivia and be done with it, fine.

Call her Olivia, it's nicer than Snowy - sorry, I mean Milu.

I'm going to go against the grain and say I really like it. I think its pretty the sound is nice and I think as its unusual it won't matter if you have the accent or not as people will ask how to say it.

I am reminded of the Queen with lillibelle though she was lilbeth I know I just can't get past that so that's a no for me.

Op you got to remember that the majority of people like the classic names and due to that there will be more people leaning that way. My own children has all bar 1 got what I woild call unusual but not weird aka people know the names but likely first time they met one with that name.

Mila is nice.

I would guess Milu to be a boy's name. Milou could be male or female.
It is similar to Milo and Mila, so would probably be a source of 'Do you mean Milo/Mila?' type questions.

Milu isn't a particularly nice looking name, and I wouldn't know if it was MIL-oo or Mil-OO, and some would probably say it as My-loo, which sounds a bit like 'My loo'.

Then again, not my baby.

If you're open to suggestions, two of my favourite names are Miriam and Maria. I would possibly use if we ever had another girl (not very likely, so I will pass on my names to you ).

Can be shortened to Mia or Mimi (when little). There is also Mirabelle, which you might like. Not my thing, but it has more gravitas than Lilibelle.

Is you prefer short and snappy, my current favourite is Faye.

These are just silly names OP - you aren’t having a baby you’re having a person. No adult women wants to go through life being called Milou or Lillibelle (unless she is a stripper)

Lilibelle would suit a baby; it's not a good name for an adult woman who wants to be taken seriously! Lily or Belle by themselves are better. Milu is better although I wouldn't be 100% sure on the pronunciation

But obviously, if you don't like MN, you don't have to ask for opinions here . Name your baby what you love.

I'm near London too and MN is usually accused of being "too London centric" btw.

Is Milú from your home country op?

If so, I don't see a problem using it at all.

If not, I'd probably go with Milou, which I like very much. Lillabelle I don't like. Not because it is too unusual, but because it sounds OTT frilly/girly girl to me.

I have a mix of backgrounds and the passports to match . Feel like Jason Bourne a bit with my extra passports, but I'm definitely not as cool.

Mumsnet is more cosmopolitan than most british sites ime, but some people on the baby name board can be quite traditionalist, but we all like different things, as you say.

If the name Milu is from your familial country then I would go for it- as I said I think it's a lovely name but I would never pick it for my DC as it's not commonly used as part of British culture so wouldn't make sense for me to use it! I think people ridiculing a name because it sounds different to them because it's from another culture is cruel.

I still stand by the fact that lilibelle is too cutesy though, sorry!

I like lovely names but not silly names. I enjoy feminine names but Lilibelle is truly silly. She'd just get called Lilly anyway...at school I mean. And Milu will constantly be misheard. People will say "What?" all the time when your child introduces themselves.

Milou is better

There are trends certainly. The classic British names tend to be considered boring on here.

Most of the posters are british, so will tend to favour names that are already in use here.

Milu would be a bit too different, probably.

I think you mean 'Different points of view', @Eleonorex.

Stop trying to find The Most Unusual Name Ever.

It doesn't make it a better name.
It doesn't make you more interesting.
It just means your child has an odd name.

Wasn't Milou Tintin's dog?

Lilibelle is too twee.