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Lily May

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jasminesunflower · 30/03/2023 14:30

Thoughts on Lily May?

As in first name-middle name. Just called Lily.

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Luredbyapomegranate · 30/03/2023 23:57

it’s a really overused combo

And Lily is wet

MyOtherUsernameIsDave · 30/03/2023 18:48

So utterly boring and overused.

Every Lily is a Lily May or Lily Rose.

Equivalent of Sarah Louise.

WildAloofRebel · 30/03/2023 17:17

It’s akin to Sally Ann or Anne Marie or Sarah Louise.

Lily is nice enough. May as a first name is lovely but rarely heard. May as a middle name is no for me.

whatadaythatwas · 30/03/2023 17:05

My teenage niece is Lily May

Trixiefirecracker · 30/03/2023 17:02

I know a Lily Tuesday and I love it!

Hoolihan · 30/03/2023 17:01

Pleasant but dull.

Gistbury · 30/03/2023 16:59

Too soon to be retro and too late to be current.

Redbone · 30/03/2023 16:59

Sorry don’t like the May bit I got so fed up of teaching Lily -Mays and Holly- Mays about twenty years ago. Very common names.

cptartapp · 30/03/2023 16:57

Both a bit wet and certainly wouldn't put them together.
Bearable on a dainty toddler but otherwise no.

Gladiaterf · 30/03/2023 16:54

It's fine, but very common now. I know 2 Lily May/Mae's and 3 other Lilys.

Cinnamon23 · 30/03/2023 16:49

I love Lily, but May/Mae as a middle name is everywhere! I don’t dislike the name itself but I’d go for something a bit different personally.

Kanaloa · 30/03/2023 16:24

It’s nice enough. About 4-5 years ago every other child I worked with was named either Lily May or Lily Rose. Very very popular, but nice too.

fairislecable · 30/03/2023 16:19

It may be OK now, but in my GD’s class ( she is 9) there are 3! So it was a very popular choice 10 years ago.

FayCarew · 30/03/2023 16:15

Lily is ok but has been very popular for ages. There are lots of similar names popular now like Lila, Lyra, Layla, Lola, Lucy, and Luna.

May is a bit of a filler middle name, and there will be plenty of other Lily Mays.
I'd choose a different middle name. I'm not keen on it.

LadyDanburysHat · 30/03/2023 16:06

I have a Lily, so I love it. But it's a very safe name. So I think you really need a more interesting middle name than May

megletthesecond · 30/03/2023 16:05

Nice but done to death.
Anything ending in 'May' sounds dated to me.

hattie43 · 30/03/2023 16:01

Done to death

Soproudoflionesses · 30/03/2023 15:45

I know 3 children with this name - it's ok

EggBlanket · 30/03/2023 15:29

I don’t understand the obsession with calling all girls “something May”. There are so many tiger names out there.

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 30/03/2023 15:24

I'll go with bland af too.

coldmarchmorn · 30/03/2023 15:18

So blah. So many of them. It's just very.....insipid.

There's nothing wrong with it, but I would never give a child such a bland name.

Paperexcelandpens · 30/03/2023 15:16

I know so so so many girls called Lily May.

StylishM · 30/03/2023 15:14

Any 'xxx may' to me sounds very common.

Ella May
Lily May
Daisy May

Bleurgh. Just go with one name

MrsTerryPratchett · 30/03/2023 15:10

It's nice but a bit blah. Lily is nice.

And May is especially a filler name now. Why bother with a middle name? They aren't compulsory.

Marylou62 · 30/03/2023 15:08

Coincidentally both my grandma's were Lily (Lillian) May... lovely names...but my paternal GM was Lil..(actually Fag Ash Lil..but that's another story!)