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Help with girl name please!

32 replies

suziequeue1 · 10/02/2026 13:22

These are the only names we like but it is hard to choose:

Elyana
Lilia
Lea

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Irren · 10/02/2026 13:35

Takersgonnatake · 10/02/2026 13:34

I work with a young Lilia. She gets called Lil ( as long as you’re fine with that). People will shorten where they can. Elyana is a weird made up fusion name that no one will spell correctly. Lea will often get spelled Leah I imagine.

All names are "made up." Just some longer ago than others.

Takersgonnatake · 10/02/2026 13:34

I work with a young Lilia. She gets called Lil ( as long as you’re fine with that). People will shorten where they can. Elyana is a weird made up fusion name that no one will spell correctly. Lea will often get spelled Leah I imagine.

Irren · 10/02/2026 13:34

Egggingit · 10/02/2026 13:30

Lilia were a brand of sanitary towels.

Your other two names have ambiguous spelling. Do make sure you give your child a name they won’t have to spell every day.

That's not the only important thing! It doesn't kill anyone to learn how to write a name correctly. My surname is Scandinavian and no English person can pronounce it or write it if told it verbally but I have lived.

Lilia/ Lilja is an old name from several cultures, the sanitary towels (which I have never heard of btw) are hardly the most significant thing about it.

suziequeue1 · 10/02/2026 13:32

Egggingit · 10/02/2026 13:30

Lilia were a brand of sanitary towels.

Your other two names have ambiguous spelling. Do make sure you give your child a name they won’t have to spell every day.

It is Lea not Leah- pronounced like Leia. Hence the spelling.
Elyana is a common spelling.

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Egggingit · 10/02/2026 13:30

Lilia were a brand of sanitary towels.

Your other two names have ambiguous spelling. Do make sure you give your child a name they won’t have to spell every day.

Calliopespa · 10/02/2026 13:27

I thought Lilia too.

Empress13 · 10/02/2026 13:23

Lilia is a very pretty name