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Elizabeth Lilly or Margaret Anne

53 replies

Rosemary2022 · 03/06/2023 21:16

Which do you prefer?

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SneezyEvie · 06/06/2023 12:25

I think they are both quite frumpy names I’m afraid.

I like Eliza, Lily, Anna and Margot much better.

user1492757084 · 06/06/2023 09:44

Elizabeth Anne or Elizabeth Rose 9/10
Eliza Margaret 10/10
Lily Margaret 8/10
Rose Margaret 9/10
Margaret Lily 9/10
Margaret Anne 7/10

MomentOfCalm · 06/06/2023 07:00

GloriousD · 03/06/2023 22:09

Margot Lily

I was going to say exactly this! Classic yet cool

SiouxsieSiouxStiletto · 06/06/2023 06:59

CN I go for Elizabeth Anne too but only as long as you call her Betsy Wink

Pemba · 06/06/2023 06:57

I agree with a lot of pps - Elizabeth Anne! Flows nicely and so classic.

powerpufff · 04/06/2023 19:52

Margaret is a no
I somehow like Lily Anne

cptartapp · 04/06/2023 13:27

Elizabeth Ann

Bbq1 · 04/06/2023 13:24

Anne is very unusual now and pretty.

Bbq1 · 04/06/2023 13:22

Margaret Anne is lovely

Efacsen · 04/06/2023 13:15

Elizabeth Anne is the best combination

ourflagmeansdeath · 04/06/2023 12:50

I like Elizabeth, Lily and Anne but not Margaret and not the spelling of Lilly. I don't really like Elizabeth Lilly together though, I'd prefer Elizabeth Anne which is nice. But Elizabeth Lilly if that is the only possible combo, preferrably spelled as Lily.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 04/06/2023 12:49

I love Elizabeth Ann

Zwicky · 04/06/2023 12:26

Don’t have Lilly with Elizabeth. It’s practically a tongue twister and too much the same name, especially if she ends up as a Lizzie. Margaret Anne is two plain names together. Margot Anne, Maggie Anne, Margaret Rose sound better imo.

TheHandbag · 04/06/2023 12:22

I prefer Anna Marguerite but either of your combinations work as they're classic names.

MerryChristmasToYou · 04/06/2023 12:20

Lily is a 'nickname' for Elizabeth, so it's a bit naff as a combination. The Lilly spelling looks wrong.
I don't like Anne as a middle name; it seems very 1960s when every Sally was a Sally Anne and every Sarah Jane.

Margaret Lily is nice, or how about Elizabeth Margaret?

Gazumper · 04/06/2023 12:19

One of these names is actually my middle name and I dislike it very much. Think about your child having to live with such staid names OP!

Frogmila · 04/06/2023 12:19

Margaret Anne or Lily (1 'l'), I really like Margaret/ Maggie/ Peggy.

Rapidtango · 04/06/2023 12:16

Individually all lovely names. Together, I like Elizabeth Ann.

salamithumbs · 04/06/2023 12:13

Really dislike Margaret, sorry, though I do like Maggie and Maisie! I'd go for Elizabeth which is lovely and has lots of nickname options, but wouldn't use Lilly as a middle name as it's a lot of Ls. Elizabeth Anne, Elizabeth Hope, Elizabeth Wren or something maybe?

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 04/06/2023 05:40

Are you a Royalist?

CM283648 · 04/06/2023 04:08

Anne Elizabeth

mathanxiety · 04/06/2023 04:06

Lily can be a nickname for Elizabeth.

I'd prefer Margaret Lily.

Alex Drake · 04/06/2023 03:49

You can't have Elizabeth Lilly as a name as she could become Lilly Lilly which is just plain silly (see what I did there).

Elizabeth
Lilly
Anne

Are all perfectly nice names. Margaret is just still a bit old fashioned at the moment, though I love some of the diminutives such as Margo, Margot, Maggie.

2chocolateoranges · 04/06/2023 03:38

pinkblushes · 03/06/2023 21:35

I think Lily is often used as a shortened version of Elizabeth

I know of an Elizabeth who is called Lily by all her family and close friends.

I do prefer Elizabeth out of them both but would probably go Elizabeth Ann.

Tg2023 · 04/06/2023 02:28

Lilly isn't short for Elizabeth (lill, liz, lizzy, Beth, bet & Betty are) however I would go Elizabeth Anne or Anne Elizabeth; Margaret Lilly or Lilly Anne. I love Elizabeth & Margaret though just unsure of middle names.