Liliana... is it going to be a nuisance?

[Clarkey91]

Hey,

Our baby is due in 3 weeks and we are still debating on names!!

Grandma was called Lillian and the baby is due on her birthday so we wanted to include her name somehow.

We like the name Liliana as its a bit different to Lily and I feel Lilia would possibly get misheard as Lydia. But I am just a bit concerned she will spend all her life either spelling or pronouncing it to people.

What's your opinion?

I know a few Lilias/Lillias shortened from Liliana

[quote bourbonne]@Mummytoalmost3 a nickname can be anything, but unintuitive nicknames normally come about naturally. If you said "Her name's Liliana" (rhyming with banana) "but we call her Anna", I'd just think "Why?". You might as well say "but we call her Barbara" or "Suzanne".[/quote]
I don’t see anything unusual about using Anna for Liliana but each to their own.

I think in that scenario it’s more if she didn’t like her name and wanted to use a variation. I’ve done something similar with my name which is long.

@Mummytoalmost3, you could nn a child anything. If you want a particular nn e.g Anna short for Liliana or Rob short for Roger, it won't be obvious to others.