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Lily-April / Tilly-April or April-Lily...vote please!

59 replies

lovenest · 08/03/2011 12:52

Please vote for the nicest! Thanks

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ChocolateBrownieGuilt · 08/03/2011 14:23

Kando- that is why i chose it. Grin classy and underused at the moment.

Please dont go with the others..... and if you have to why not use the second name as the middle name and lose the hyphen?

PepsiPopcorn · 08/03/2011 14:34

Lily April or April Lily, with no hyphen.

Tilly is a nickname and too trendy.

greenzebra · 08/03/2011 14:38

I like April-Lily

melpomene · 08/03/2011 15:09

April is nice, and Lily is nice, but April-Lily sounds like a tongue twister to me (try saying it 3 times quickly!)

I think it would be better with one as first name and the other as middle name.

babytrekkie · 08/03/2011 15:13

I would choose April-Lily. There's every chance though that people will just call her April which is a pretty name anyway. I'm guessing she's due in April!!?
I'm calling my little girl Elizabeth Rose (if she's born in June, as rose is a flower associated with June). I was going to call her Elizabeth Lily if she's born in May but decided on Elizabeth May instead!

cumbria81 · 08/03/2011 15:30

Tilly is a ridiculous name and should be avoided at all costs.

Abr1de · 08/03/2011 15:30

Lily-Tilly gets my money.

smother · 08/03/2011 15:38

April Lily (no hyphen) is beautiful - job done!!

littlepigshavebigears · 08/03/2011 15:39

How about Aprilly?

PixieOnaLeaf · 08/03/2011 15:43

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Nagoo · 08/03/2011 15:45

Why do you want her to have a variant on a name already used by half the kids in your street?

April is nice btw. genuinely. :)

pipplin · 08/03/2011 16:08

Tilly April is lovely imo

dappleton · 08/03/2011 16:09

April Lily

BuzzLiteBeer · 08/03/2011 16:11

Lily-Tilly-Aprilly-Millie.

No laughing you lot, its my DD's name.

ensure · 08/03/2011 16:14

Agree with trillianastra.

barmbrack · 08/03/2011 16:15

Go without the hyphen.

Our DS is George (first) Henry (middle) (except he's not, but something a bit similar), and we often call him GeorgeHenry as an affectionate lengthening of his name (iyswim)

qumquat · 08/03/2011 18:53

April Lily or Lily April. No hyphen. SOme hyphenated names work (even though I don't personally like them) but these combinations have too many L sounds for comfort.

BetamaxBandit · 08/03/2011 19:04

April Lily with no hyphen

Misfitless · 08/03/2011 20:05

April Lily but no hyphen and I'd use two LL's in Lilly.
I'd have Lilly as a middle name - April Lilly is too much for a first name imo, but it's better than the other two suggestions. Smile.
Second thoughts I'd drop April and have Lilly with a diferent middle name but everyone else seems to love it so whadoiknow!

candleshoe · 08/03/2011 22:56

silly billy willy tilly lilly aprilly

pippibluestocking · 08/03/2011 22:59

If you want to go with Tillie, name her Matilda - she needs a serious name to resort to when she is older

candleshoe · 08/03/2011 23:00

Quite - otherwise how can she be a barrister, heart surgeon or chief executive officer?

pippibluestocking · 08/03/2011 23:03

My point exactly Grin

mollymawk · 08/03/2011 23:06

April-Lily is very hard to say. And I'm an adult. Imagine how hard your daughter would find it to tell people her name! (L being quite a difficult sound for children to get, IME).

MamaLazarou · 09/03/2011 08:57

April Lily - no hyphen.