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I love the name Romilly. I prefer Romy as a nickname but if I used Romilly I would stick to the full name.

I actually don't mind it, but I wouldn't use it myself. I'd use Milly as a nn.

I've only ever seen it as a French surname, which I had a hard time pronouncing at first, but... it is becoming common to use surnames for children's first names.

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It isn't my favorite, I don't find the sound very appealling, but I do love, love Milly. :)

I like them both as nick names. I guess it would depend on the child asto which one I would use. If she were energetic and bouncy I would go with Milly and more pensive would be Romy.

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I like Romilly, it's frilly but not too fragile.

I like Romilly. I go back and forth on how much I like it, and right now it's in a high "I really like it" phase. Never quite gets to the "I love it" category, however. Probably because I like Rosemary more. Anyway, I'd use Romy as a nickname. I think it's really cute, and Milly doesn't come as easily to me because of the way Romilly is pronounced.

I really like Romilly. For a long time, I considered it as a nickname for Rose Millicent, but now I'm more likely to use it on its own.

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I doubt I'd use Romy or Milly. If I shortened Romilly at all, I'd just use Ro.

I think Romilly is a beautiful name, but I might prefer it in the middle name capacity (and pronounced with "rom" like "home"). Cressida Romilly, perhaps?

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This message was edited 3/26/2012, 9:35 PM

Do you intend for "ROM" to rhyme with "home" or "mom"? From your key, I assume it's the former, but just checking.

I think it looks nice, and I love Milly, but I don't like the short O sound in the first syllable. It sounds terrible in my accent. The name's more popular in the UK, right? I'd imagine it sounds much better with an English accent.

Though odd, I don't find Romilly too horrible. Romy on the other hand, I dislike, and it also reminds me of Remy which I LOATHE. It also sends my mind into Ramen Noodle land, and sends my mind into Rosamund/Rosalind land, and the result is Rommulund (ROM-you-lund). I think it short-circuits me a tad.

I actually really like Romilly. I wanted to use it to honour my Grandmother Mildred. I think I'd pick Romy, but I like Milly too. :)

There's something I don't like about it, but can't put my finger on. It must be the nicknames to me.

Hm. I think it looks nice, but said aloud it doesn't appeal to me. It puts me in mind of an adverb. Roamily - in a roamy way? Romy would be the best nickname, since it most naturally shortens to that. I think Romy is a better name by itself than Romilly. But Romilly isn't bad - I just don't like the way it sounds.

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edit: Since you said you're pronouncing it to rhyme with homily, I like it less. I think that ROM-mil-lee has a very clunky sound. Also, Romy doesn't make a nickname for it IMO. It'd have to be Rommy. NMSAA

This message was edited 3/24/2012, 11:31 AM

I really like it. For nn's I like Ro, Romy, or Milly, all depending on what would naturally evolve knowing the baby.

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I think it fits with names such as Avery, Mallory, Delaney.....

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I love that the name isn't overused and seems to lend itself to lots of possibilities in terms of personality. I think it really straddles the unisex/quite feminine categories, in a way not often seen outside of nature names.

I don't like it...

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Because it makes me think of some kind of salad greens.