Lilly - an incorrect spelling - is the 33rd most popular girl's name of 2007!

[DarthVader]

How can people give their child a name which is spelt wrong???

Lily is the name of a flower - there is no alternative spelling, just one that says to the world, "my parents cannot spell".

Eyeotern I mean
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DV what exactly is a Maffew ? Some kind of flower?

yes Lilly is definitely "better" than Tiaamii

Califrau

I'm so dull - gave all 3 of my DSs very ordinary names with "traditional spellings" as the registrar said with a smile when we told her DS1s name!

No, it is the "I can't spell very well" version of Matthew.

That's what dh said - perhaps they think it's short for Lillian....well it isn't - got that? [grrr - hmc in grumpy mode due to bad cold]

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dh's name is Mathew

with one t

my dh's name is spelt fillip, isn't that a proper name

Look, this is my first adventure into pedants corner...it's about pedantry

My great aunt who was born in the 1890s was called Lilly - nothing to do with parents who cannot spell. They were giving her a name which was popular at the time, not naming her after a flower.

That's Eastern European isn't it? (fillip)

The OP was talking about Lilly..and frankly that is spelt wrongly

Ok...(grudging admission follows) have looked it up in wilkepedia and you can seem to spell it both ways, but imo it is very wrong

I demand a controlled experiment.

The parents of girls named Lily must go head to head in a spelling competition with the parents of girls named Lilly.

I would have a good wager on the outcome.

As someone who has spent years spelling her name I would implore parents to give their children names that are spelt correctly. Someone at my son's school is called Tay-lah.

Cali - I have a Bronwyn. I was happy with either spelling. DH decided he wanted the y and since he was dyslexic I went with whatever he found easiest

I am still stunned at the amount of people who repeat the name back to me (and other friends so it isn't just my annunciation) "Bromley"

I know a baby named Lilly. Each to their own.

My name is Vikki, not Victoria, and this is how my parents spelt it 40+ years ago. Apparently it's naff

Lilly is shortened form of lillian though isn't it. My dd has a name which is a spanish derivation of an english name and my dad always spells it the german way!

Actually I don't know any Lillys, I do know one Lily!

Lol, you'd get on well with my aunt though - she ranted at my mum when we named DD She was much more approving of DS because it was Welsh and spelled correctly

My step niece is a Lily.

Actually, she isn't, she is a longer name but would be faaaaaaaaar too identifiable if I put that. Her shortened version is spelt right though

The parent can spell the name however the hell they like, can't they?

Maybe they want it to be spelt differently from the flower?

I read in the Guardian a few years back that 27 baby girls had been called Chardonnay that year - the article went on to say that "even more worryingly, 13 were named Chardonay".....

Looking at my dd's birthday cards, it's incredible how many variants people have invented for her name. I spelt it the 'usual' way too .

I don't have a problem with Lilly being spelt with one or two Ls. Just be aware that getting named products will be hell on earth. Says she with a cousin named Allison.....