Favorite form of Lily with these two middles?

I posted (yesterday?) about a combo I’d been thinking about–[name_f]Lilia[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f]–and ended up really loving [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f]–for several personal reasons (honors a couple really special people to me!), but I realized that [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] is not the only [name_f]Lily[/name_f] name I love with [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f]! What [name_f]Lily[/name_f] fn would you prefer for the double middle [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f]? So far, I’ve just been considering [name_f]Lily[/name_f], [name_f]Lilia[/name_f], [name_f]Liliana[/name_f], [name_f]Lillian[/name_f], and [name_f]Lilian[/name_f]. Which of these is your favorite, and would you propose any other [name_f]Lily[/name_f] names?

Thanks, Berries!

I really like [name_f]Liliana[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f] and [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f], but [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f] is lovely too.

My favorite is [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f]! I don’t like [name_f]Lily[/name_f] and [name_f]Esme[/name_f] next to each other because of the matching -ee endings, but the rest are lovely as well.

My favourite is [name_f]Liliana[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f] :slight_smile:

[name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f] is probably my favourite. Something about the a->e sound in [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f] just doesn’t do it for me, so the N in there helps the transition, for me.

I have a soft spot for [name_f]Lilias[/name_f], the Scottish variant, but I don’t think it works with [name_f]Esme[/name_f] following, so I’d go with a [name_f]Lily[/name_f] variant you’ve listed - they’re all so gorgeous, you can’t really go wrong :slight_smile:

My favourite [name_f]Lily[/name_f] name is [name_f]Lily[/name_f]. I don’t think it flows well with [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f] though.

I also like [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] and [name_f]Lilith[/name_f]. Either of these 2 would be good with [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f]. Probably [name_f]Lilith[/name_f] my first choice.

My favourite is [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f], however, I really like [name_f]Lillia[/name_f] too. I think I would prefer [name_f]Lillia[/name_f] if the combination was [name_f]Lillia[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabine[/name_f].

Thanks, everyone!

@mega_muffin - how funny! I [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] said with an “EE” sound at the end, but I usually try to say ez-[name_f]MAY[/name_f] since that’s the more traditional pronunciation. Regardless, I don’t really like how [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] looks when compared to the others, so I think [name_f]Lily[/name_f] is probably out (although I do [name_u]LOVE[/name_u] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] [name_f]Antonina[/name_f], so if I wanted to use just [name_f]Lily[/name_f] I’d probably opt for that…). Thanks for your input!

I think I may be down to just [name_f]Lilia[/name_f], [name_f]Liliana[/name_f], or [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] with [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f]. I think the “N” sounds really good with [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f]–[name_f]Lilia[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f]/[name_f]Liliana[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f] just has too many soft sounds, I think?–but I can’t manage to get rid of them, either. I love the lacy, dainty feel of [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f]. I’d not really considered [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] before, separately, but I do love how dainty and unusual she is, compared to some other [name_f]Lily[/name_f] names. I’d originally been hoping to use [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] nn [name_f]Lily[/name_f], though, and I don’t like [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f] as much as [name_f]Lilian[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f], for some reason. I’m sort of thinking [name_f]Liliana[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Sabina[/name_f] just feels a bit too over-the-top, too? So I may be down to just [name_f]Lilia[/name_f] or [name_f]Lilian[/name_f].

Anyone else?