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Sister for Lily - please help!

27 replies

TheBightyMoosh · 07/10/2011 13:56

Please help - I am really struggling to find nice girls' names for a sister for Lily - well, I've got loads I like but not many that DP & I agree on.

We've got a few we're ok with, but none that are making us go 'wow'!

The ones we like so far are:
Nina
Sadie
Hazel
Zoe

I don't know if there's a pattern there, but can anyone think of any similar names? My general criteria is: not too popular but not 'out there', goes with Lily (so not Milly, Tilly etc), not beginning with 'L', and not a flower name.

Please help - thank you so much! Smile

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strandednomore · 07/10/2011 14:02

A few of our "rejects" (eg made the short list but we didn't go with it the end) include:
Freya
Katy
Isobella
Imogen
I also like Robyn, Romily, Faye.
Not sure if that's any help!
I like your list - Nina is cool because it makes me think of Nina Simone, would be cute on a baby.

pilates · 07/10/2011 15:41

Ruby, might be a bit popular though
Emmeline
Anna
Clara
Clarice
Eleanor
Esme
Madeline
Jane

minipie · 07/10/2011 15:47

How about:

Cara
Tessa
Sylvie
Robyn
Elise
Bethan
Seren
Naomi
Mia
Merryn

PessimisticMissPiggy · 07/10/2011 15:51

I know you said no flowers but how about Iris? Think it goes lovely with Lily.

I wanted Elspeth but my DH said it was too odd.

WitchesBroomForMyChin · 07/10/2011 15:53

I like Nina best out of your list. On our list we had -:
Imogen
Caitlin
Eloise

BlueChampagne · 07/10/2011 15:56

Nina is good and I've only ever known one.

We liked:
Rachel
Rebecca
Meredith
Rhiannon
Tamsin
Corinna

Fixture · 07/10/2011 16:11

I like Nina best of your list.

How about Lily and...

Sarah
Georgia
Cara
Bethan
Emma
Xanthe
Zara
Jennifer
Amber

MelinaM · 07/10/2011 16:31

I really like Nina, so chic! Sadie is nice tooSmile

I don't like Hazel or Zoe I'm afraid.

Alice
Beatrix
Cosima
Emma
Harriet
Jemima
Natasha
Olive
Paloma
Renee
Tabitha
Tamara
Vita

scarlettlips · 07/10/2011 18:55

Meg
Maggie
Natasha
Penny
Cora
Cara
Merry

scarlettlips · 07/10/2011 18:56

Angelica?

CharlieBoo · 07/10/2011 22:06

Ruby
Ava
Amelia
Alexis
Mylie
Jasmine
Holly
Aleesha
Saskia
Mia
Bethany
Libby

toldmywrath · 07/10/2011 22:16

Don't google the lyrics of Ian Dury & the Blockheads (billericay Dickie) because then you would not choose Nina!

starsintheireyes · 07/10/2011 22:17

daisy

Lilyloo · 07/10/2011 22:18

I would have loved a Scarlet or a Freya to go with our Lily , we chose Martha , was very hard to find a name me and dp agreed on

ShroudOfHamsters · 08/10/2011 17:34

Nina is lovely

How about:

Seren
Megan
Manon
Tara
Sasha?

JugsMcGee · 08/10/2011 18:15

Seren
Georgia
Faye
Hannah
Anna
Katie
Florence
Elizabeth
Jessica
Imogen

I like Zoe out of your list.

Ihavewelliesbutitssunny · 08/10/2011 19:08

Esme
Alice
Elsie
Maisie

Ihavewelliesbutitssunny · 08/10/2011 19:09

My favourite on your list is Hazel, not sure if its too old-lady-ish though. I don't think any of the others go with Lily

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LynetteScavo · 08/10/2011 19:18

Why not a flower name? Rosie goes well - and you do have Hazel in there.

Sophie?

Maddy?

Florence?

manicinsomniac · 08/10/2011 20:50

Nina - grown on me recently, I think it's really cute.
Sadie - like it. Also cute
Hazel - used to love it, now not so sure. It's fine.
Zoe - like it. Nothing special but a nice name.

Similar alternatives:
Nadia, Niamh, Nadine, Naomi, Nyah, Nia, Nikita
Sydney, Seren, Saffie, Sienna, Sana, Skylar
Hollie, Heidi, Honey, Hope, Hayden, Harper, Hallie
Zara, Zia, Zofia, Xantha

Other names I think go well with Lily personally:
Amelia, Alannah, Abigail, Charlotte, Erin, Francesca, Georgina, Imogen, Juliette, Matilda, Rosa, Sophia.

patindahat · 08/10/2011 21:23

Cecile or Cicely

goodasgold · 08/10/2011 21:29

Maude
Kate
Alice
Winnie
Claire
Maisy

motherhood · 08/10/2011 22:04

Annabelle
Karina
Sophia
Angel
Savana
Melodie
Hana

Lonnie · 08/10/2011 22:58

Marnie
Bella
Aoife
Eva

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