Hi

[ohkayleigh.livejournal.com]

My name is Kayleigh Ann (pronounced Kay-lee). I'm fortunate to never had problems with someone in class or work having the same name as me, but I still think it's a little unoriginal. I was born at the same time there was a popular song by this name, and the middle name is boring.

Anyway, I would like to name my first daughter after my grandmothers, whose names were Lillian and Ellen, but slightly more modern. My ideas were:

Lily Elle (pronounced el)
Lily Ella (pronounced el-luh)
Lily Ela (pronounced a-luh)

I know they're only minor variations, but which do you think flows the best?

Comments

[pinkslit.livejournal.com]

nice. my daughter's name is kayleigh james. she's only 5 and there are like 6 kayleigh/kaylee's in her preschool. i didn't realize it was such a popular name when i named her that but i still love it.

i like lily elle best.

[schexyschteve.livejournal.com]

Lily Ella is pretty.

[jesusmoshes2.livejournal.com]

the last one, when pronounced quickly, flows almost as one word. It sounds spanish. "Liliela"

[fabgrrl.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of the name of a high school friend of mine: "Lillia" (Lily-ah)

[christhiane.livejournal.com]

Lily Ela because of what jesusmoshes2 said.

[ladydiddymus.livejournal.com]

I think Lily Ella sounds best

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I love Ella, but Lily Ella is a little too girly for my taste, and also is the name of a few celebrities' daughters.
Lily Elle is more balanced and unusual, I say go for that one :)

[luxveritas.livejournal.com]

Haha my name is Kayleigh Ann too. I'm betting you were named after the Marillion song as well?

[ohkayleigh.livejournal.com]

Yep! Let me guess, you're 19 or 20 ; )

[luxveritas.livejournal.com]

Yeah 20 :) That's so funny!

[charityhope.livejournal.com]

I think all those combinations have too many "l"s in them!

[the-xarlster.livejournal.com]

Lily Ela. It sounds /beautiful/.

[nikekalami.livejournal.com]

I think they are hard to say in that order...

I like Lily Elle best, but Lily is a really popular name right now.

What about Ellian?

[ohkayleigh.livejournal.com]

Yeah I didn't even realize that until I was browsing throuh this community. I was really disappointed because I've loved Lily for as long as I can remember. I really like Ellian though! It's different but not over the top. Thank you!!!

[lovessunflowers.livejournal.com]

I like Lily Ella best.