Lily

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Isnt it just a really nice inoffensive name? Surely no one could have anything to say about short floral names?? I'm just checking before its official...
Speak now or forever hold your peace (or whatever the saying is) ha ha

"I think if you love a name, you should go for it anyway"

That sounds a little selfish, because it is not you but your child that has to live with being one of several in each class at school or in the office. Most people don't like being known as little Lily, big Lily, photocopy Lily, whatever Lily. Depending on your surname, it could be quite difficult for your dd to be identified on the web, for example - can be useful in many areas of work.

Gwennan, to put it in perspective you're still only talking about a few thousand out of around 750,000 babies born that yr.

I've never ever met a hyphenated Lily. And as I said if we'd opted for Emily, for example, then dd would be a lot worse off in terms of having a 1,2,3 or 4 after her name at school

Interestingly Ds2 is Oliver, and he's the only one at nursery too. With 7 Toms/Thomases.....

And I'm sure there are classes with seven Lilys, seven Emilys, seven Isabelles. Pick a popular name and your child might always be the only one in their class or they might be one in a crowd of the same.

It depends how much you love the name.

It's a lovely name. It may not be completely timeless but will date like Sarah; not Tracey.

Tracey was considered quite a posh name in the 60s. It only lost its gloss once it became so ubiquitous.

It's probably where we live, but it's ridiculous, just thought of another Lily at a cooking club dd goes to!!

Popularity wouldn't normally put me off a name, but in this case it's extreme!!

It's superb name, so it's popular.
It's taking the risk of seeing Lilyfirstletter of surname being used at school or at a club, rather than simply Lily.

But it's just a risk. It might never happen. Sometime, when you really like a name, the possible risks don't seem to matter much.
I know it did not for me, when I chose a very popular name for DD2. It was that or name regrets.
I 'm glad we took the risk because apart from at Brownies where there is one, we have not met any others.
Good advice on choosing a particular middle name, my populary named DD enjoy having a very rare middle name and uses it on and off at Brownies, just for fun.

On the plus side, she will always be able to find souvenir/toys/cups branded with her name in the shops .

It will depend on how popular your surname is. Because there will be A LOT of Lily Smith or Lily Jones for example and she will not be able to differentiate herself via her name, which can be a pain (more as an adult, depending on where she may work).

I'd choose a less widely used name because I agree with the view that we name someone to identify them and there are just too many Lilys out there imo. But some people don't seem to mind, it appears (or don't admit to it ).

Sorry it just leaves a sour taste when people use the phrase "too girly" and treat femininity as a weakness. Boys names on girls is one example of this.

Lovely name - But I would go for a Lila or a Liliana or Lilabet with the option of shortening to Lily. I know one Lilian - who is 17 and one Lily who is 40 something and one Lily who is 1. Hardly millions, even if the stats would suggest otherwise.

I think 'girly' in this context meant the name was childlike, not that feminine names are a bad thing.

I'm an Elizabeth but my DH refers to me as Lil (when he's in a good mood and not calling me other, far more horrible things!) but I'm not keen on the name Lily as a given name.

I'm not sure why as I like the name Rose, but Lily (along with Poppy) as a floral name is just a bit limp.

It's a 'nice' name. Perfectly inoffensive.

Lily was always a maid's/working class name, much like Ruby, that's why they fell so strongly out of favour for a few generations. It has now been rediscovered by a generation who have no preconceived notions about it and it's now a classless name.

I think It's a beautiful name. I have 3 dd between the ages of 2 and 8, so I know of a lot of girls, and yet I know only two Lilys and one of them lives over seas. I also know one Lillian.

We're all Lilyed out here and are drowning in them!

Thanks for the input!

Lilian.

Job done.

Definitely this generations "Sarah". Bafflingly popular theres are least 1 in every class for me lost any charm it once had through over use. Was my grandmothers name but didnt use it when we realised how common it was.

I'm surprised to hear of this as a working-class name -- surely those things have always gone in cycles, as they do now? There's a Trollope heroine, Lily Dale, who is solidly middle class, although her name is short for Lillian.

Does the planet really need another Lily?

And I agree with squoosh about Tracy. Even Grace Kelly's association with the name Tracy wasn't enough to stop its demise.

Lily might sound lovely to some now, but will definitely be this generation's Claire/Joanne/Karen to the next generation's ears.

teapot, don't think it is anymore, but the last time lily was in fashion it would have been below stairs as they would have said. i think all of those milly molly ellie names became popular with the middle class first though. so now it will be an age thing not a class thing. even ten years ago though, i remember thinking 'lily' was too popular for what i was lookinng for anyway.

squoosh said it better.

No, there is nothing 'wrong' with either Tracy or Lily. But they are both names that have become VERY trendy very quickly and therefore tend to sound dated as they fall out of favour (apart from the fact that being one of thousands of little Lilys can be a bit of a pain in terms of identifying oneself).

There are SO many beatiful girls' names to choose from, why give your girl a name that is so overused already....

LOVE Lily. All the Lilys I know are lovely. Go for it.

I think there is just too many of them. But if you really like it then why not. Any other names you like?