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[Opinions] "she would not be Lily"
Unless you are planning on having a child with no opinion - and I would say the odds of that are quite miniscule, I don't think you can count on her not ever being Lily. Both Lilian and Lillian very naturally shorten to Lily. If you adopt a different nickname early on, then it may be unlikely that she would choose Lily, but she still may choose it and you'd have to get over it. Just sayin'I prefer Lillian, because Liliana is a bit frilly and over the top for me. I agree that Lil is cute either way. An(n)a or Liana could also work for Liliana.
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I agree. This is why I'm 100% against using a name if you dislike the shortened version. What if the kid likes being called Lily? Then you would hear a name you hate every day. Not fun.

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I don't dislike Lily. I dislike how popular Lily is. If she wants to be Lily then fine, but what I'm saying is that I wouldn't call her Lily from an early age, it is not a nickname that I would encourage.
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