Help! baby girl here w/ no name!

My baby girl is home and we still cant decide between our 2 names:
[name]Hallie[/name] or [name]Lily[/name]. LN Lai…

Help!

I love [name]Lily[/name]

[name]Lily[/name] Lai is just too much, even though I like the name [name]Lily[/name]. Sounds like a cartoon character. Go with [name]Hallie[/name].

Plus, [name]Hallie[/name] is less popular – she’s likely to be one of 4 [name]Lily[/name]'s in her class, but she could be the only [name]Hallie[/name].

I think [name]Hallie[/name] Lai is a clear winner – beautiful! And congratulations :slight_smile:

I like [name]Hallie[/name], especially with the LN. Congratulations!

[name]Hallie[/name] is wonderful!

[name]Hallie[/name] Lai is very pretty, congrats!

I think both [name]Hallie[/name] and [name]Lily[/name] are tongue twisters with your last name. [name]Do[/name] you have any other favorites?

I agree with dotsmom…[name]Hallie[/name] Lai and [name]Lily[/name] Lai are both too much of a tongue-twister! Any others you love that don’t have that similar ending?

I like [name]Halle[/name], with that spelling, like [name]Halle[/name] [name]Berry[/name]. Good luck!

[name]Hallie[/name] Lai…

I think [name]Liliana[/name] Lai would be a nice name (Especially if you are really set on [name]Lily[/name]), as [name]Lily[/name] Lai sounds a bit much and very alliterative.

I also like [name]Hallie[/name], but seeing with your username being “HaydensMom”, they {[name]Hayden[/name] and [name]Hallie[/name]} may be too alliterative together.

Congrats on the new bundle of joy, and good luck with the naming process, I hope my suggestions have helped.

Keep us posted :smiley:

i agree with the last two posts… both are tongue twisters! definitely [name]Hallie[/name] over [name]Lily[/name] if you don’t have any other options…

Congrats! I do not like the name [name]Hallie[/name] at all but [name]LOVE[/name] lilly. I do agree with other posters neither name goes well with your last name.

Congratulations to you and your family! [name]Both[/name] [name]Hallie[/name] and [name]Lily[/name] are nice names, but neither flows well with Lai. Also, [name]Hallie[/name] is too close to [name]Hayden[/name] for me.

Suggestions:
[name]Liliana[/name] “[name]Lily[/name]” Lai (I think this goes best with [name]Hayden[/name])
[name]Leilani[/name] Lai
[name]Helena[/name] “[name]Hallie[/name]” Lai*
[name]Calista[/name] “[name]Callie[/name]” Lai
[name]Calliope[/name] “[name]Callie[/name]” Lai
[name]Caroline[/name] “[name]Callie[/name]” Lai

*[name]Helena[/name] nn [name]Hallie[/name] is a bit of a stretch, but it could work better if [name]Helena[/name] is pronounced huh-[name]LAY[/name]-nuh

If your last name is Lai, then I don’t think [name]Hallie[/name] Lai or [name]Lily[/name] Lai really flow very well. Too many elle sounds for me. I would try a few combinations without that “elle” sound in the first name.

For example:

[name]Marie[/name] Lai
[name]Sophia[/name] Lai

both of these sound much better than [name]Lily[/name] Lai because they don’t have the sing-songy sound of a tongue twister.

I agree with pp’s suggestion of [name]Liliana[/name] or perhaps even [name]Lilia[/name] (though [name]Lilia[/name] Lai doesn’t sound quite right).
[name]IMO[/name], [name]Lily[/name] Lai and [name]Hallie[/name] Lai are too much. Are there any other names that you like that can be shortened to [name]Hallie[/name]?

Names with the nickname [name]Hallie[/name]:
[name]Hazel[/name] (sounds kind of like “hazel eye” with your surname, though)
[name]Mahalia[/name]
[name]Hadley[/name]

Or, you could use a name that starts with H and a middle name that has an L and an I and/or an E:
[name]Hermione[/name] [name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name] [name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name] [name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Hermione[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name] [name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name] [name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Heidi[/name] [name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Hope[/name] [name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Hope[/name] [name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Hope[/name] [name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Harper[/name] [name]Louisa[/name]
[name]Harper[/name] [name]Linnea[/name]
[name]Harper[/name] [name]Lucy[/name]
[name]Harper[/name] [name]Lucia[/name]
[name]Harper[/name] [name]Louise[/name]

Sorry! A lot of these names are somewhat similar to [name]Hayden[/name]. Good luck!

If you can’t decide between the two (been there, still doing that myself), then you may not have found the right name. [name]Don[/name]'t worry, you have time and there are worst things in life than taking time to find a great name for your baby. A name can last 100 years and be used every day. It’s worth getting it right!

I have to agree with ppers that I am not liking [name]Lilly[/name] Lai.