Message: ""she would not be Lily""

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"she would not be Lily"

by kudriashkajo (jodirae)

3/4/2013, 12:42 PM

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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- Billina +1

3/4/2013, 2:46 PM

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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- Millie (ImSorryIfILoveYou96)

3/5/2013, 10:42 AM

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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