Baby name advice – Liliana?

[LouiseDeyes]

Hi everyone,

I’m looking for some thoughts on a baby girl name I’ve completely fallen in love with, Liliana.

I’ve always adored Lily and Lilian, and when I came across Liliana it just sat so nicely with me. I think it’s so pretty and has a lovely, timeless feel. But I’m a bit unsure how it comes across to others, does it feel like two names pushed together (Lily + Anna)? Is it a bit of a mouthful?

I’m also smitten with the middle name Marigold, so the full name would be Liliana Marigold. To me it just feels romantic and elegant, but I’d love to hear your honest thoughts before I get too attached!

Thanks in advance!

I used to know a Liliana. It's a gorgeous name. Those two names together are lovely!

Liliana is lovely, I know one!
Marigold only reminds me of kitchen gloves, sorry!

Liliana is lovely but I really don't like Marigold. It is associated with pretty flowers and rubber gloves that do dirty jobs.

It was on my baby name list. I love it.

It’s lovely! I think these longer names are coming back into fashion, like Delilah, Matilda etc… Marigold isn’t my taste but perfectly fine as a middle name if you love it.

Really nice. Definitely prefer it to Lilian and you can always shorten to lily / Anna or Annie etc if you want

Love it.Would pronounce Lilli-ah-na though.Not Anna

I know one, she generally gets called Lily. It’s a very pretty name.

If you love it use it.
Some will say it as Lily-Anna and some as Lily-arna. She will probably end up being Lily.

Too frilly for my taste, and she would likely be nicknamed ‘Lily’ which is ubiquitous.

Marigold = gloves.

To each their own!

Love it, and also prefer it to Lillian.

Pretty name. I also know a Lillia which I really like the sound of.
I dont like Lillian.

It looks pretty but I think it's a bit of a mouthful, it doesn't really flow. It also makes me think Lily Allen!! I don't like Marigold at all.

I've only ever known it as an Hispanic name. It's still pretty though. I love Marigold (and would use as first name), but what if you have another DD one day? You'll have used up your favourite names!

Liliana is too frilly for my taste too - the -ana detracts from the Lily part.
Lilian is a granny name IMO, and I don't like it.

Lily is a flower as is Marigold, so it seems a naff combination.

Love the name Liliana I know one and it’s never shortened to Lily. There’s no r sound in the name either. Marigold is just beautiful for a middle name

There isn't an r, but the -ana sound is like the non-rhotic arna
'ɑnə not 'anə

Was ony list along with Lilith but I had boys. It's gorgeous.

It's nice, but will probably get shortened to Lily. How about Lilani? It's one of my friend's names and I've always loved it.

I love it. My dog is called Liliana.

Love it, and she can shorted it how she chooses when she's old enough.

Lovely. I love ‘arna’ names.

Do you or your DH have Italian or Spanish heritage? I always associate it with Latin cultures so might be a bit odd if you’re both English but I do prefer it to Lily or Lilian. In any case it will definitely get shortened to Lili. I know a few Lilia and Lilianas (two Italian and one Colombian) and all get called Lili. Liliana Marigold absolutely not, too many flowers in one name.

I like it a lot. I just think of it as the traditional form of Lillian in several languages (Czech, Slovak, Lithuanian, and Polish - and probably other Slavic languages I'm forgetting - as well as various Romance languages). I wouldn't even have thought of it being a compound of Lily + Anna. I do think the popularity of Lily might put me off if I wanted to avoid possibly too common names, but I've also seen Liana used as a short form.

Melanie Blatt from All Saints named her daughter this and I always thought it was such a pretty name