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Girl name preference - Flora or Lilia

48 replies

empathyflo · 28/04/2026 20:31

Hi all,

Considering these two names for a baby girl - curious to know which people prefer out of Flora and Lilia.

Thanks in advance :)

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empathyflo · 13/05/2026 16:35

Thanks so much for all the new opinions and input ❤Had no idea about the brand of sanitary products! 😅

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ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 13/05/2026 16:58

I know an 18 year old Lilia. She was named after one of the professional dancers on Strictly.

Daffodilsinthespring · 13/05/2026 17:08

Flora by a mile.

lilia reminds me of the brand of sanitary towels we had in the 80s of the same name.

PumpkinsAndCoconuts · 13/05/2026 20:17

Definitely Flora.

It’s classic, floral and feminine without being cutesy.

ChocolateCinderToffee · 13/05/2026 20:18

Flora. There are a couple of good literary Floras: Flora Poste in Cold Comfort Farm and Flora Thompson who wrote Lark Rise To Candleford.

ButterYellowFlowers · 13/05/2026 20:23

Lolcow · 28/04/2026 20:39

i prefer lilia. It’s not a brand of margarine

Flora is a Roman goddess… of flowers and spring. Brands don’t co-opt beautiful millennia old names if you don’t let them. Try to raise your associations up from popular marketing.

NoisyMonster678 · 13/05/2026 20:37

Lilia

ArcticBells · 13/05/2026 20:41

I think both are lovely

SleepingDogsLie · 13/05/2026 20:45

I love Flora! DH didn’t like it as he said it made him think of “flora and fauna,” otherwise maybe DD would have been a Flora ❤️

17caterpillars1mouse · 13/05/2026 20:45

I much prefer Flora. I actually really like Lilia too if i could guarentee she'd be called her full name 90% of the time, but i think its inevitable that she'll become Lily which i find a bit meh

Summer26 · 13/05/2026 22:22

Flora as it was my late MIL's name

HappyHacienda · 13/05/2026 23:29

love both but slightly prefer Flora

Bell99 · 14/05/2026 18:22

I like Flora

empathyflo · 19/05/2026 15:51

Thanks for all the new opinions and insights 😊Very much appreciated 💜

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csg376 · 19/05/2026 16:12

Flora is lovely. Too many Lilys and Lily-adjacent names like Lila, Lola, Liliana, Layla around.

sunflowerdaisies · 19/05/2026 16:18

I much, much prefer Lilia - it is beautiful!

CurlewKate · 19/05/2026 16:20

I’m afraid they both sound like brand names to me-sorry.

Becuriousnotjudgemental1980 · 19/05/2026 16:59

Flora makes me think of butter. Lilia is lovely.

fairmaidofutopia · 19/05/2026 17:00

Flora x 100. Fab name 😊

HappyHacienda · 19/05/2026 17:28

Flora!

poppymango · 20/05/2026 18:01

Flora by a mile! Such a lovely name.

ToadRage · 20/05/2026 18:07

Flora is beautiful. Don't like Lilia quite as much. My Mum once told me she could never call her daughter Lilia cos apparently it was the name of a feminine hygiene product around when she was younger.

PancakeCloud · 20/05/2026 18:09

Flora

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