My SO and I definitely have drastically different taste in names, and with two weeks to go, we’ve only got a short list we barely agree on.
We both like the name [name_f]Philomena[/name_f]. However, our other daughter’s name is [name_f]Lillian[/name_f]. She goes by her full name usually, but grandparents call her [name_f]Lilly[/name_f]. Would using [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] be out of the question? I imagined that would automatically get shortened, even as an unofficial NN, to [name_u]Phil[/name_u]/[name_u]Philly[/name_u], unless we called her [name_f]Mena[/name_f] or [name_f]Mimi[/name_f]?
I think its doable. Although the nickname options are very similar the full names are very different. I would still try to steer [name_f]Philomena[/name_f]'s nickname more towards Lo, [name_f]Mena[/name_f], or [name_f]Nina[/name_f].
I think that there are so many nickname options for [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] that I’m sure you could come up with one that sound nothing like [name_f]Lillian[/name_f]/[name_f]Lilly[/name_f] and use it and [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] interchangeably. [name_f]Philomena[/name_f]'s a lovely name - I think it works well with [name_f]Lillian[/name_f].
I noticed one person that responded is in Australia and one is a bit younger than me…are you familiar with twins from the show The Rugrats? I’ve gotten quite a few comments that if I have a boy I should name him [name_m]Phillip[/name_m]. I know that most of my friends would make the connection and ”comment on it, but I’m not sure how noticeable it would be to my kid’s generation, grandparents, etc.
I’m kinda in a similar situation, liking both [name_f]Veronica[/name_f] and [name_m]Dominic[/name_m] (and [name_m]Nicholas[/name_m] if I could ever get DH on board) for future children’s names even though they both have a “nic” sound. In our case, we’ve agreed if we used one name (probably [name_f]Veronica[/name_f], which is our current girl name choice for the baby I’m pregnant with now), we wouldn’t use the other. However, if you really love [name_f]Philomena[/name_f], I don’t think [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] and [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] is 100% out of the question. It helps, I think, that [name_u]Phil[/name_u]/[name_u]Philly[/name_u] are such masculine-sounding names that I wouldn’t think of using it as a nickname for [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] unless I was asked to call her that. (Unlike the more unisex possibility of [name_u]Nic[/name_u]/[name_u]Nico[/name_u]/[name_u]Nicky[/name_u] in our case.) [name_f]Mena[/name_f] feels much more logical, and [name_f]Mena[/name_f] and [name_f]Lilly[/name_f] are adorable together.
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f] and [name_f]Lillian[/name_f] are lovely together. I don’t think there are many people who would jump to the dated [name_u]Phil[/name_u]/[name_u]Philly[/name_u] for a baby girl. Introduce another nickname and I think you’ll be fine.
I am but I didn’t notice the connection until you said something I actually kind of like that! I don’t think children their age will take the connection though.
I am familiar with Rugrats, but didn’t think of it until you mentioned it. [name_f]Philomena[/name_f] is not really my style but I think it is definitely doable, as previous posters have suggested there are a number of nicknames you could use to avoid [name_f]Lilly[/name_f] and [name_u]Philly[/name_u]
