LILY GRACE OR ELLA GRACE??

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After changing our minds again, DH & I have narrowed down to 2 girls names:

Lily Grace (Farrell)
or
Ella Grace (Farrell)

We both prefer differ - surprise surprise!!

What do you all think?

Still to get round to shortlisting boys names!

[too many 'I guesses' - blames american bf]

No It's Tilly-Grace Lilley not Tilly Lilley.

Or Til-Lil? Or Tiggy-Liggy? It's ripe for some cute nn . DS1 is going to get similar no doubt.

She mainly gets called Tilly the Terrible

All four of my girls have double barrelled first names and use both parts, I think it being a tiny primary helps :)

I reckon scrap them both and choose something less popular and that you both agree upon.

I know so, so many little Lilys, Evies, Ellas that I do find the names a little unimaginative and dull at this point.

Both lovley but prefer Lily Grace.

4andnotout, is your dd really called Lilly Tilley - great alliteration and easy to remember .

Personally I agree that Lilly and Ella are very popular. That would put me off a little, but it may not bother you. I think I prefer Ella.

Ella.

I prefer Ella.

Sometimes it depends what is popular in your area. I have an Ella but don't know of another one in DS or DD's circle of friends.

Lily

Lily. But then I'm biased!

Both are popular names.... BUT they're popular for a reason! They're lovely names.

I think Ella's more timeless but I prefer Lily.

Ella is a beautiful name.
I like Lily too but Ella has a certain elegance to it.

I also agree with SOH.

Both are very very popular

What about Grace as the first name. It's lovely

there is no doubt they are all lovely names, but there are so so many of them.

my dd is 8 now and Lily and Ella's were popular back then and have continued to be so.

What about Emma, it's such a sweet name. Emma Grace?

I like both but prefer lily grace. I agree with other posters about grace being beautiful for a first name. Thinking about lily as shortened frn of eliZabeth what abouth Beth? I think it's beautiful :)

Ella Grace. Grace is everywhere as a first name, more so than Ella. I predict Grace will overtake Olivia as the No1 name in about 2 years and stay there for about 10 years . Lily (to me) is a little bit.. how can I put this nicely without offending lots of people?? I put it in the same bracket as Samantha or Sharon 30 years ago. There.

what annoys me about the whole popular issue is that it isn't relevant in certain places.

DD1 is Ella. She is the ONLY ONE WE KNOW and she is 7! It might be popular in London, the SE etc etc but it may not be popular where the OP is.

DD2 was given what we considered to be a less popular name that we loved and we know 3 her age who will all be in the same high school

you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't!!

Please don't be put off a name you love just because others say it's popular.

yes but in the future, wherever your child ends up living working etc... she will most likely come across a few more than the norm?

Ella, i know 3 i live in rural devon.

Lily, the same amount. all 6 or 7.

just so many names with an 'a' on the end. i should know, my dd is one of them, but thankfully we have yet to hear of one or meet one!!

Combine the two and have Lila Grace!

Yes, I prefer Lila (as airborne suggest) or Lilia.

Well said BibiBelle.

'A name ceases to be a name but a noise you make when referring to your child' - What utter nonsense ShowofHands! And not a little mean.