Lily or Lillian?

[Rach5l]

And why?

Thanks

Lillian. Nickname Lily. Then when you shout 'LILLIAN!' They know they're in trouble

I LOVE both. Our second option for a girls name was going to be Lillian as her formal name, and Lily as her nickname. She’d be named after her great great grandmother.

Lillian.

We have a Lily, but contemplated Lillian. Ultimately, her full name sounded nicer with just Lily than it would've with Lillian.

Lillian. Because if she prefers Lily to Lillian, she can nickname herself that - but it's harder to do that in reverse.

I much prefer Liliana to Lillian, though! Lillian reminds me of Lilliput. And I think Liliana is nicer looking when written.

Lillian. I'm a grandma and I sing a lot to my DGC. Lillian's a great name to sing.

I'd go for Lillian with the nickname Lily.

I think I prefer it spelled Lilian though.

Yes I agree Liliana sounds prettier but gg grandmother Lillian & dad dead against Liliana he thinks sounds ade up & not traditional

Oh I love that tallwithglasses

My dd is a Lilian. Named after dh's nan. She was Lily from everyone (friends, family and teachers) for many years, but then decided to use Lilian for everything formal, with her friends mostly calling her Lils. Partly because Lilian is pretty unusual but Lily is common and she wanted to be the only one.

Lily

Lily. Lillian is awful.

Lilian

Lily sounds much prettier than Lilian.

Lilith 😁

I'd just go Lily then its her own name

Lillian

Lily (but I'm biased, DD is Lily)

Don't see the point of officially naming her Lillian if you are going to use the name Lily anyway.

Lily

Lillian but I also love Lilith :)

Lily, it's classic and beautiful.

Don't see the point of officially naming her Lillian if you are going to use the name Lily anyway.
I’m thinking in case she’s in a class with a million Lily’s or she grows up not to be flowery! Or for her CV or whatever. It’d be nice to think employers don’t judge but they definitely do!

Lilian. If we have a dd next, it will be her mn :)

Lillian, it was one of my favourite possible names but doesn't sound right with our surname! I like the fact it's more unusual and you can still use Lily which I also love but is obviously more common.

Lily is much nicer than Lillian. Liliana sounds a bit try hard. They all end being Lil.

I don’t usually usually like double double barrelled names but heard of a Lily-Ann today which sounds really pretty.