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leahellie · 01/12/2023 19:14

Hiiii,

I really love the name Lilo... but how would you pronounce it?

I really don't like the other possible spellings so I'm just wondering if you'd pronounce it like I would 😊

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MaloneMeadow · 02/12/2023 10:05

Naming your daughter after an inflatable is absolutely ridiculous🙈

theduchessofspork · 02/12/2023 12:28

OP it reads like an inflatable airbed and sounds like the name of a lapdog or a stripper.

No it won’t be normal in 20 years time, because it’s not normal now, and no, she won’t thank you.

You are having a person not a doll or a pet.

Give her a normal name eg Liana, Lily, Lillian, Leah and call her Lilo as a baby nickname.

Itneverrainsitpissesitdown · 02/12/2023 19:11

Riverlee · 01/12/2023 19:32

Lilo Lil was my first thought! (Showing my age!).

I'm glad I'm not the only one old enough to remember that!

Sleepsleepsleep123 · 02/12/2023 19:58

theduchessofspork · 02/12/2023 12:28

OP it reads like an inflatable airbed and sounds like the name of a lapdog or a stripper.

No it won’t be normal in 20 years time, because it’s not normal now, and no, she won’t thank you.

You are having a person not a doll or a pet.

Give her a normal name eg Liana, Lily, Lillian, Leah and call her Lilo as a baby nickname.

This.

peaceinourtime · 02/12/2023 23:09

Please don’t, you can’t stop the mispronunciations and jokes that may be made about it.

KirstenBlest · 03/12/2023 15:48

People who haven't had a young child in the past 20-odd years will think it's like in Lilo Lil

UsingChangeofName · 03/12/2023 16:39

theduchessofspork · 02/12/2023 12:28

OP it reads like an inflatable airbed and sounds like the name of a lapdog or a stripper.

No it won’t be normal in 20 years time, because it’s not normal now, and no, she won’t thank you.

You are having a person not a doll or a pet.

Give her a normal name eg Liana, Lily, Lillian, Leah and call her Lilo as a baby nickname.

This.

Definitely "lie - low" like an inflatable people lie on in the pool.

ginteio · 14/12/2023 08:53

I pronounce it lee-low, not lie-low.

Lilo could be a nice nickname for Liselotte in my opinion, or for more common names like Elizabeth and Elise.

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