What do you think of Liliana?

[rachxx]

What do you think of Liliana as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

I like it

I really love it

Not sure if its too fussy? think it would suit a range of age groups though?

No, it doesn't sound fussy, it's a very pretty name.

And am I pronouncing it right?!

Lily-ahna

That's how I pronounce it. I went through a stage of absolutely loveing it, but have gone off it a bit now. Still think it's nice, though.

I kinda like names like

Lily hence Liliana, and Tia, hence my thread on Tiana. But just not sure. I like Ava too, but think its a bt of a 'now name'.

But my OH really likes Liliana, so at least thats a good thing.

We just can't seem to find a name we really love!

it sounds a bit made up to me.

It was very popular in the 1880-1930 period, if that helps anyone make their mind up!

It's a bit frilly-Lily for me.

I love it but DH has a cousin called Liliana we went for Eliana instead.

It's lovely!

If she thinks it's too girly-girly when she gets older she can drop the a and be Lilian, which I also love.

Love it. One of my friends is Lilia which is also pretty.

I think Tatiana is better.

Liliana is OK but I love Luanna.

Do you know many Italians? It's just considered a bit of an old lady's name there, like Enid or Gertie. If you don't spend time with Italians though, it's fine.

Beautiful! Works very well in other languages too.

Have spent alot of time in Italy, but not really came across it! Its an old lady name in America too, but I still like it!

Oh and I love LILIA!

I like it a lot but she will be called Lily /Lili or ana

I like lily, but wanted her to have the option of a more sophisticated name once shes grown up. xx

Not fond sorry. I think it sounds a bit fussy and made up or contrived, rather than sophisticated. Lily is pretty; Lilian is fine too.

It's a tad too frou-frou for me. Like Lili/Lily and Ana/Anna though very much.

Sorry, but I'm sure I saw a film once called Liljana forever. It was about people trafficking and Liljana went from glue sniffer somewhere in Eastern Europe to being forced into prostitution to jumping off a building and killing herself. I walked out of the cinema in absolute tears - the friend I went with was also sobbing as were most of the people there; it was easily the saddest film I've ever seen. The name just reminds me of the film - although it might have been Lilja forever (?)

On a brighter note it was a foreign language film and I saw it in an independent cinema so probably not many people make the same connection.