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HelpEliana, Liana, or Lilliana?
What’s your order of preference? I really love all three, but it feels repetitive to have all three on my PNL.
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Liana is the best. The other two are just a little too frilly.
I'm coming around to Eliana. I like that it sounds like "Ellie Anna", which is old timey enough to interest me.
Liana is too close to Leanne, which I find boring.
Lilliana is ok, but I prefer Lillian, or just plain Lily, so Lilliana feels unnecessary to me.
So I guess I'd rank them:
1. Eliana
2. Lilliana
3. Liana
Liana is too close to Leanne, which I find boring.
Lilliana is ok, but I prefer Lillian, or just plain Lily, so Lilliana feels unnecessary to me.
So I guess I'd rank them:
1. Eliana
2. Lilliana
3. Liana
Eliana is my favourite. I love the Hebrew meaning of “My God has answered”, so lovely.
I like all of them, but I would prefer Eleanor to Eliana.
Eliana
Lilliana
Liana
Liliana spelt this way would have been my absolute favourite.
Lilliana
Liana
Liliana spelt this way would have been my absolute favourite.
1 Liana
2 Eliana
3 Liliana (one l)
2 Eliana
3 Liliana (one l)
Liliana (this spelling only), definitely. I've long hated Eliana and find Liana incomplete.
Liana is not incomplete.
French
From the word liane, which means "to climb like a vine" or "to twine around". It can also refer to a bundle of vines found in tropical forests.
Latin
Means "youth". It may also be associated with the Latin word līlĭum, which means "lily".
Greek
A short form from the Roman family name Aelianus. Aelianus is derived from the Greek word helios, which means "sun".
French
From the word liane, which means "to climb like a vine" or "to twine around". It can also refer to a bundle of vines found in tropical forests.
Latin
Means "youth". It may also be associated with the Latin word līlĭum, which means "lily".
Greek
A short form from the Roman family name Aelianus. Aelianus is derived from the Greek word helios, which means "sun".
I get what Wordsmith means about finding Liana incomplete. It's not LITERALLY incomplete, but it feels like it is because there are elaborated names using Liana.
Liana definitely doesn't mean "youth" in Latin, sorry. Is your reasoning that Liana is a truncation of Juliana, whose origin is the word for young?
Also, I said I find Liana complete; I didn't declare it is complete.
Finally, citing Aelianus as an origin justifies my claim that Liana seems incomplete, since Eliana would be the full form (derived from Aelianus).
Also, I said I find Liana complete; I didn't declare it is complete.
Finally, citing Aelianus as an origin justifies my claim that Liana seems incomplete, since Eliana would be the full form (derived from Aelianus).
This message was edited 8/20/2024, 9:25 AM
I vastly prefer two Ls. Non-negotiable for me.
Why do you hate Eliana?
Why do you hate Eliana?
Okay. :)
I've always hated it. It's frothy and untethered but not in a dreamy way—it calls to mind a bratty girl in a suburban mall.
I've always hated it. It's frothy and untethered but not in a dreamy way—it calls to mind a bratty girl in a suburban mall.
Ah, fair enough.