Are lily and Lucy too close to be sibling names?

[Elizabethdelver11]

I’m having a girl in august, I have a Lucy now and I am thinking about calling my next Lily, I live traditional names so these fit perfectly together but I’m just concerned they may get confused by other people because they both begin with L and end in Y. Am I overthinking or are they too close?

Two lovely names.

IMO too close.

I don't think they're too close at all. I think they go really well together

My husband made a point how it would be like puttin Madeline and madison together because they are SO similar in sound.

I agree Madeline and Madison are too close but Lucy and Lily sound quite different to me

They are probably just different enough.

I don't find either of them twee on their own, but they are slightly twee together.

I think too close. Quite an effort to remember whose who. I used to know Jessica and Jennifer sibs and it was really difficult!

Madeline and Madison sound the same until the last syllable (at least in my accent) and share an obvious nickname of Maddy, of me that makes them more similar than Lily and Lucy and completely unacceptable as sibling names.

Lily and Lucy do sound more different, but they start and end in the and sound, like Elise and Emily. My perspective is there are so many nice names out there it is entirely avoidable to have ones so close.

Too similar.

Totally fine to have

I don't think they're too close at all. They go very nicely together.

I know sisters called Lily and Lucy so I think it is not an issue.

What about calling her Lilian or Elizabeth and shortening to Lily?

Yes, too close. Half the letters are the same in both names.

No. They don't sound anything like each other

They’re fine. You will get any two of your children’s names mixed up regardless. My two are completely different but I’m always calling them the wrong one, especially when I’m annoyed!

I think they are both ok to use!

Lucy and Luke would be harder as you make the same sound at the start. I know of someone who had twins called Justine and Justin!!!!

I like the Lilian suggestion of @Palavah doesn't sound so story bookish.

Not all - lovely together

I think they are fine

I think they’re too similar, how about milly or tilly instead?

They are too close.

Also it’s quite a twee combo - Lily and Lucy sound slightly like two junior housemaids in Downton Abbey.

Esther, Charlotte, Emma, Alice, Felicity, Eliza(beth), Ida, Harriet, Clara, Elsbeth, Matilda, Caitlin, Adelaide, Honor, Edith, Verity, Anna, Eleanor, Jane and Frances all go quite well with Lucy, I think