Between final 2 choices for a girls name

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Baby due in less than a week - sex unknown. Narrowed the girls names down to a choice between two but can't decide on which one....

Lily Catherine

or

Mary Catherine

Catherine is a family name hence wanting to keep it as a middle name. So what do you think Lily or Mary?

Mary. No contest.

Mary

Mary!

Mary.

Lilly.

Lily gets my vote.

Catherine Mary?

Mary

Mary Catherine.

I like them both, although I didn't think I liked Mary till I read it in this thread and repeated it over and over to myself - weird!

If popularity helps you make a decision:
2010 Stats:
Lily rank 4 4257 babies
Mary rank 213 237 babies

Those 237 Marys might also include Catholics who sometimes give the firstname Mary by defaultbut never use it. I don't know how the stats are worked out

Mary, love it.

Lily is everywhere.

Wow, Mary gets the most votes : )

I know several little Lily's which is what has made me less keen on it but it was the name DH was beginning to rank first. This is DC4 and Mary has been on the lists since DC2. DC3 was a boy so not suitable for him : )

Now if it would just come this side of X-mas.......

Mary yes it's corny in December. So is the Hollie in DDs class, but somehow it suits her.

Mary for sure. Lily was in the top five names here in Oz. Everywhere.
Mary is lovely.

I don't see Mary as being "corny in December". If we are referring to Mary the mother of Jesus, she was his mother all year round :o

Lily is nicer IMHO but alot more common than Mary.
Mary at Christmas time though?? Not sure...

I prefer Mary.

My name is Catherine and it's been shortened to Kay ever since I was born. My Dad was insistent on me taking Mothers name as I was the last DC, Mum not so keen...so Kay was a compromise.

I find it slightly annoying really as Catherine is lovely and elegant and Kay is...well, a bit shit.

Mary, but only because Lily is so common these days

Definitely Mary - Lily is nice but very very popular, in fact if you combine all the different spellings it is probably the number 1 girls name. I don't think Mary is too cheesy for a Christmas baby (look at the nimber of Hollies born this time of year!)

Definitely Mary.

No contest!

I prefer Mary but agree it has a very common Christmas connotation. I like the name Noel for a Christmas baby.

But truly you can't go wrong with either! I like the idea of having two names and choosing once you hold your baby girl for the first time to see what suits her.

I like Mary Catherine, however I'll admit I'm slightly biased because it happens to be my name. :)

I prefer Mary, it is a forgotten classic really.

Mary.
Lily is ubiquitous and well, yawn. There's just too many around.
Mary is a much nicer name anyhow.

Mary is vastly underrated and underused these days, and it's a shame because it's both beautiful and traditional. Mary Catherine is exquisite.