Hello! I know I have posted quite a bit recently, but I just can’t find a name that feels right for this baby girl. I know it sounds silly, but it is making me feel so disconnected from my pregnancy and its driving me nuts, even though we still have lots of time to figure it out.
[name_f]Eliana[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] &
[name_f]Serena[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Esme[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Marina[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
Thank you! Funny, [name_f]Serena[/name_f] was on our list originally. It didn’t feel quite right, but I was thinking just yesterday that I wanted to revisit it.
I definitely second [name_f]Serena[/name_f]!
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Amara[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Amaya[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Juliette[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Vanessa[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivienne[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
Thank you!
Sorry for any repeats!
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariana[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Gianna[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Zara[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Sienna[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Gabriella[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Kaia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Clara[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Veronica[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
Thank you! You hit quite a few on my current list, which is affirming.
I agree that [name_f]Serena[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] is beautiful!!
What about these? [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and…
[name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_u]Madison[/name_u] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Norah[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Catherine[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Victoria[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_u]Auden[/name_u] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
Really like [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] or [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f]!
[name_f]Mirabel[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] or [name_f]Samira[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
What about:
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]/[name_f]Seraphina[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Sofia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Allegra[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Chiara[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Valentina[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] (too similar to [name_f]Eliana[/name_f]?)
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
Silena/[name_f]Selene[/name_f]/[name_f]Selena[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Emmeline[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Amara[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Clarissa[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_u]Vida[/name_u] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Viviana[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Olivia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Alessia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Carmelita[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Camila[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_u]Delaney[/name_u] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Julissa[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Vivia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
Thank you! I love [name_f]Seraphina[/name_f], but my husband does not. [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] is on my list though! The others are all beautiful, but perhaps too Italian for us (we are Jewish). I would love to use something like [name_f]Valentina[/name_f], but I don’t feel like it is a cultural fit.
Thank you! [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] would have been my number one name, but my sister-in-law is due with twin girls 2 months ahead of me and she coincidentally chose it and my number 2 choice ([name_f]Stella[/name_f]) for her girls. I think that is why I am struggling.
I love [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f], but people have said it doesn’t flow well with [name_f]Lily[/name_f]. I’m not sure if it matter that much though, since people rarely say their full names. [name_f]Emma[/name_f] is on my list too, but I like [name_f]Emmaline[/name_f]!
What did you like about [name_f]Eliana[/name_f]? That might help you narrow in on another name from a logical point of view if nothing is “feeling” right. Some repeats, but I like:
[name_f]Adela[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Amara[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Aria[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Cecilia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Eva[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Evelina[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Gemma[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Liora[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Susannah[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Maya[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Miriam[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Rayna[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Talia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Claudia[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]? [name_m]Don[/name_m]'t think it’s been suggested yet.
That is a great question! The answer is a bit lengthy. The short version is my husband and I met on a trip to [name_m]Israel[/name_m]. There is a belief in Judaism (forgive me if you know this), that placing a note in that western wall in Jerusalem is basically a direct line of communication to God. On that trip, my note was a prayer for love & marriage. A few years later, we had a great deal of difficulty conceiving. When I friend of mine took a trip to [name_m]Israel[/name_m], I sent a note with her to place in the wall. This time is was a prayer for a baby. I became pregnant that same week. [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] means God has answered in Hebrew. So, while I thought the name was pretty and had some nice options for nicknames (we thought we would call her [name_f]Elle[/name_f], but she only answers to her full name), I really chose it because the meaning was so completely aligned to our story. Her middle name, [name_f]Rose[/name_f], is for my grandmother, who is of central importance in my life.
For this baby, I would like something that is equally pretty and feminine. Having a Hebrew root and significant meaning would be nice, but it isn’t an absolute necessity. The middle name does have to be [name_f]Lily[/name_f], after another important and recently deceased family member.
So far we have considered:
[name_f]Ava[/name_f]- love butperhaps to0 popular
[name_f]Emma[/name_f]- really love, but again perhaps too popular- I am trying to decide how much this bothers me.
[name_u]Eden[/name_u]- DH vetoed
[name_f]Eliza[/name_f]- DH vetoed
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f]- debating the mouthful of L sounds in [name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]- vetoed because of the shared [name_f]Ana[/name_f]/[name_f]Ahna[/name_f] sounds in both girls’ names
[name_f]Nora[/name_f]- vetoed because both DH and I have names that start with N and I didn’t want [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] to feel left out
[name_f]Cora[/name_f]- eh, I don’t love it
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f]- again fairly popular
[name_f]Serena[/name_f]- probably the frontrunner as of today, but I have gone back and forth a few times
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]- my true first choice but sister-in-law is coincidentally using for twin #1 due a few months before me
[name_f]Amalia[/name_f]- love but too close to [name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Stella[/name_f]- would have been my back up to [name_f]Amelia[/name_f], but sister-in-law is using for twin #2. Who would have thought we would both have the exact same two names chosen!
I do like the suggestion of [name_f]Rayna[/name_f]! I love a few of the others, but they are already in use in our large family.
What a beautiful story! That will be hard to match though. I hope you can find something you like. I do like [name_f]Serena[/name_f] and [name_f]Serena[/name_f] [name_m]Williams[/name_m] is a cool role model. For what it’s worth, I pronounce [name_f]Anastasia[/name_f] with more of an “[name_f]Anne[/name_f]” sound and [name_f]Eliana[/name_f] with an “on” sound, but might be different for you. I like [name_f]Ava[/name_f] and [name_f]Sophia[/name_f], but as someone with a very popular name, it does take away some of the sparkle. But now that I’m an adult and with people of a variety of ages I notice it less and like my name.
[name_f]Isabelle[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f] runs together a bit but it’s not awful if that ends up as your favorite.
[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Sarah[/name_f] [name_f]Lily[/name_f]?
Whatever you do follow your heart and don’t worry too much about how common a name may be… your child will carry the name for life and it needs to be right ”