Middle Name for Lily

[JosephineClaire]

My SIL is expecting a couple of months ahead of me and has chosen the name Lily - but she is struggling to find a pretty middle name to fit.

Surname is double-barrelled...

Any suggestions? Thanks

Anything other than Rose or Mae.

I disagree Bucharest, it should be Lily Mae then she could be like all the other girls in her class at school. All the ones not named Evie anyway.

Alice.
Anna.

I've had Lily Anne stuck in my head ever since I found out I was pregnant

Lily is a nice name splatt, but it is very popular in these parts. Not quite as popular as Evie but its getting there.

Lily Beth
my friend just had a Lily Georgina

Agree - not Lily May/Mae, Lily Grace, or Lily Rose. Those names have officially been outlawed by the Registrar-General as worn out through over use

I think Lily Frances is gorgeous and stylish

Or Lily Alice is nice too

Yes but Lily is the name of Hubby's favourite (dead) great aunt and Anne is my mum's name so it's up there for us!

People keep saying Lily and Evie are so popular but I don't know any Lilys or Evies around here, except my daughter who is Lily.

Lily Lou (i know one)

Missyfafa, I've probably mentioned on another thread, I went to a very small baby group the other week and there were 4 Evie's. It is a very, very popular name around here.

There again names are regional and I've heard others say that Esme is very common. I've only ever met one and she is 8.

Boo

Rose, Marie or Lou

I have a 6 year old Lily Emma. MN chosen by her then 5 year old sister as we couldn't think of anything particularly interesting.

She seems to like it

I started a thread a while back suggesting that Rose Grace and May (while pretty) are overused and got shot down in flames! Glad to see I'm not the only one who thinks this!

As I was happy to admit at the time, complaining about very popular names is probably not the exactly the wisest or most diplomatic move if you don't want to offend lots of people! It's just maths innit
(Doesn't stop it being true though )

FWIW I agree that it's nice if middle names have a meaning. JosephineClaire can you give us anything to go on? What's their nationality/background? What month is she due? etc

I can't see why it matters if a name is popular or not, all names come in and out of fashion and will soon be replaced by the next phase. If both parents like the name then who cares? When I was at school it was all Sarahs and Susans and Jennifers. I am a Jenny and hardly know any now I've left school. I send my little one to Steiner School where Lily and Evie would be a nice normal breath of fresh air compared to the outlandish stuff some of the kids are lumbered with!
These names are popular because they are pretty. Lily was a very old fashioned popular name that has now come back in 'vogue'.

In the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter if a name is popular or not, it's just personal taste.

Personally I can't help feeling that May / Grace / Rose are kind of default names, and as middle names are so rarely used, why not take the a chance to use the name that you actually love, but daren't actually use as a first name? (My parents did this and I love my middle name) Or to honour a family member / favourite author etc, or carry on family traditions, or perhaps use a name from your native / ancestral country which you don't want to use ad a first name. Or perhaps to give your child a plain middle name, to give them a choice in case they really don't like the unusual one you've given them (we did this, also honouring my DP's late father by using his name).

But many people like popular, of course! (By definition!) Just seems a bit boring to me. Also I think it's lovely to have personal meaning attached to names. But then my boring is another person's safe, or nice I guess.

Sorry I meant to say May / Grace / Rose are kind of default middle names.

Agree Lily is a very pretty name.

My 'boring' is also a 'personal meaning' so I'm stuffed! Lily, my daughter, was named after a very dear friend and a relative. Didn't give a toss who else was calling their children it just that we liked it and it meant something to us. Turns out it's not that popular round here anyway.

lowrib, my SiL is called Rose (so I don't think she'll give her daughter that middle name)

She likes Lily Niamh and Lily Skye at the moment, but keeps changing her mind

She's due in September, and the family is English, no other cultural influences really

Thanks for all the feedback, I've popped all suggestions into one email for her, so lots to think about x

I've got a Lily Ann. I knew Lily was popular but think it's so pretty and has meaning to me.

She's named after my Nan and my Mum. My Nan was quite ill when DD was born and I was worried that DD would never know her so wanted to give her something of my Nan.

And I love my mum to bits, she was with us when DD was born and I liked the idea of carrying on the female names from my side of the family.

DD gets called Lily Ann, Lily Lou or Lulu

Buckbuck... my Lily gets called Lulu or Lou! I keep forgetting she is actually Lily sometimes when I'm in public, I don't really want people thinking I've called my dd Lulu (no offence to any Lulus).

It's cute now she's only 6 but I think in a few years she'll be a bit if I insist on calling her Lulu...