Baby girl name - Which of the two?

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We’re Greeks living in the UK and we’re choosing between two baby names for our DD1 - Lily and Aliki. Both names work well in Greece, but which one do you think would fit better in the UK?

• Lily is more international for Greeks but still valid and ok name.
• Aliki is the Greek version of Alice.

We just don't want endless name spelling issues or mispelt names etc. hence we narrowed it down to an easy Greek name and a British/international one.

Lily is definitely the easier name. Aliki is gorgeous but will be constantly mis-pronounced (Ah-lick-ee or Ah-lee-kee or Ah-lie-kee?).

I prefer Aliki but Lily is also a lovely name

I have a very common English name and it's mis pronounced pretty much daily 🤣

I would go with Aliki - it still offers the option for using Lily as a nn but has more links to your routes (and Lily is very common so might be nice to have something less usual in your back pocket so to speak)

I think Lily is definitely more familiar to UK ears.

Yep. All the more reason not to give your child a name that very few people in the country you live in will EVER get right! I have lived in several countries and speak a bit of several languages and am not sure how to stress Aliki…..

There are tons of Lilys. Go with Aliki, it’s lovely!

Aliki is definitely more interesting! Does it sound like "leaky" through or is the pronunciation different?

Aliki but be prepared for misspellings and mispronunciations.

Lily is known to the British. Never heard of Aliki before. I automatically pronounced as Ah - Lick - Kee , not sure if that’s right, and you may spend a lifetime of telling people how it’s spelt . If it’s like Alice , is it A - Lice-See?

Aliki is great but forever and a day people will get it wrong.

It's Al-EE-kih

Lily, It’s a classic for a reason. And a lovely name.

Aliki will be mispronounced in the UK. Lily is really common so won't be.

If you are both Greek then you have a much much bigger pool to choose from!

So many beautiful girls Greek names out there, that readily lend themselves to UK culture and pronunciation. Unless, you are honouring your mothers', in which case, Aliki. Kiki is a cute nm too.

I don't think it's classic.

Aliki!
Lily is boring!

There are tons of Lilys. Not sure I’m keen on Aliki but it’s more interesting then Lily.

I think Aliki is lovely, I would choose that

Lily is very well known in the UK and very familiar. Aliki is completely unknown.
But Lily is also pretty popular and so actaully a bit ordinary and boring.

Aliki is so pretty, really reflects the greek heritage much more unusual. And honestly more than half the class have names which have unfamiliar spellings and pronunciations and nowadays people just get on with it.

Lily. I fear she would constantly have to spell the other name.

There are so many Lily's in the UK - what about Iris if you want to stay with a flower and Greek theme

I don't like the 'sound' of Aliki - sticking with A what about Athena

I have no idea how Iris and Athena as names fit into modern-day Greek society - just my thoughts!

Athena.......Anastasia?

Aliki.

I like Lily too, but there are a lot of them around.

Lily

Lily is lovely but I prefer Aliki given your background!

We are a Greek/British family and our girls name shortlist included Eleni, Irini and Petra.