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I love Holly. I think it's too close to Lily and Eilidh, but would be ok with a sibling named Isla. (Although I personally don't love Isla.) I would choose Holly or Lily, and if I had to pick another sort of similar name that wasn't so close that it matched, probably Cecilia or Rosalie.

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Holly was pretty popular for my generation (born 1973 in the USA) but more popular a decade after I was born, just barely in the top 50 names. I don't think I've met a child named Holly since I was a child myself, but I wouldn't be shocked to hear of a baby Holly. It's a little retro in a cute way, not in a moldy way. It always makes me think of Holly Hobbie, whose art I loved when I was a kid. I had a Holly Hobbie drinking glass for my milk at dinner every night.

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