Thoughts on Lilia?

[Frenchylove]

We can’t have Lily or Olivia so thought this could be a nice alternative. Thoughts please

Surely the majority of people won’t think sanitary towels? Lilia White is such an old reference that even most parents with school age kids won’t have heard of it (I’m mid 40’s and I hadn’t till Mumsnet), let alone the kids themselves.

Okay, it might be worth knowing about if your surname is White but otherwise I can’t see it being an issue. Yes, Lilette’s is a well known brand but that hasn’t affected the use of Lily, Lillian or even famous Lilibet (which sounds quite similar) so I can’t imagine that being a problem for Lilia either.

It is pronounced LIL-ya, how are you pronouncing it?!

@Marooney , it could be LILy-a or LIL-ee-A, or Lil-EE-a, I suppose.

I'd say LIL-ya, 2 syllables.

I'd pronounce it Lil Ee A unless I'd been told otherwise.

@SwedishEdith , which syllable would you stress? The Lil or the ee?
LIL-ee-a (like in Lilian or Jennifer) or Lil-EE-a (like in Sophia or Maria)?

The ee I think. I've never said the name out loud so sitting in the house alone trying to work out what I say.

Lilou
Lavinia
Lila
Alleyne
Ellen

Yes but maybe prefer Liliana.

I don't like Liliana at all.

I’ve always heard it pronounced like Lily with a “ah” on the end or similarly Lilian without the “n” - and being that those names are more popular/familiar in the UK than Lilia, I suspect that will be most people’s instinct on seeing the name.

Thumbs up from me