I need help!

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

*sigh* This process has been on-going since I found out I was pregnant. We both want Lily as our baby's first name but we CANNOT agree on a middle name! I actually love Liliana but it doesn't work well with our last name, Schoolfield. It actually makes a sentence when said aloud and I just can't do that to our child! LOL



Okay, so here are the criteria.
It can't start with an "ee" sound.
It can't end with an "ee" sound, nor an "s" sound.
It can't contain any "l" sounds.
It can't be too cumbersome (too long or a mouthful to pronounce).
The most important thing is that it MUST BE UNIQUE, not trendy! We love Lily very much but we know it's trendy, so we need a very unique/unusual non-trendy middle name (and not something that's trendy, just horrendously spelled, either).

Am I dreaming or can I find a nice name? :/
We've run across a few that were nice enough but none really struck me as "the one." I like middle names that start with a "K" but I haven't found one we both love.

We're on a roll with Greek names right now. None of these really made me fall in love with them, though.

Lily Vesna Schoolfield
Lily Minerva Schoolfield
Lily Kassia Schoolfield
Lily Athena Schoolfield
Lily Kaia Schoolfield
Lily Kara Schoolfield
Lily Adara Schoolfield
Lily Kyra Schoolfield



Okay, any suggestions? Any help is very much appreciated! :) The baby is due to make an arrival in 5 weeks or less and I'm anxious that we haven't settled on a name (or even a list of 5 or so!).

Comments

[cleddy.livejournal.com]

I like Lily Kara
or how about Lily Katherine

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love Lily Katherine! Sadly, it's DH's sister's middle name and they don't get along very well at all. :(

I told DH earlier that if his sister's middle name wasn't Katherine, that would be Lily's middle name.

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Do you have any other suggestions for a middle name (ones not on the list)? I'm trying to get some fresh views :)

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Well, all the middle names I've said aloud that DIDN'T meet the criteria didn't sound good. I LOVE Elise but it all runs together with the "ee" sound at the end of Lily/beginning of Elise and the "s" sound at the end of Elise/beginning of Schoolfield. When I say names with the "l" sound in them, it sounds awful because there are already so many l's in the first and last name. :)

[mars-daydream.livejournal.com]

Lily Miranda
Lily Sophia

I love the name Lily, very nice!

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Lily Sophia was actually one we talked about early on but we kinda forgot about it. :) DH doesn't like it so well cause he said it reminded him of the Golden Girls, hehe.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

since you like katherine, how about lily caroline (thats my name, and i dont usually suggest it, i swear, but i was trying to think of something similar to katherine, and i think it sounds nice!)

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

[ewaeva.livejournal.com]

Lily Corinne?
Kristen?
Karen?

Lily is a lovely name; but with a girly name like that, I think it would be best to use something less flowery and more "solid" for a mn - does that make sense?

Out of the ones you have, I like Athena.

But wait... Now I'll contradict myself about the non-frilly middle name, because Lily Carmen just popped into my head, and I like it :)

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like Lily Carmen, even though I always think of caramel when I see the name Carmen. It might just be my hormonal self.....mmmm....food...LOL

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Lily Katrina
Lily Katia
Lily Carys (ka-REESE)
Lily Corinne
Lily Kathleen
...............

I actually can't see what's wrong with Liliana Schoolfield, maybe I'm pronouncing it wrong or my accent is too different from yours. I think Liliana would be a nice alternative when Lily is so popular

[apple-seed.livejournal.com]

Lily on a school field ;)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Oh I see. That's a shame.

I'm Australian. I've noticed that people on this forum often pronounce "an" as "on" in names, but I've never heard of it here.. Liliana would most likely be "lily-AH-nah" ("ah" being the same sound as is in "arm") or possibly more like lily-anna.
"an" and "on" don't sound similar at all in my accent so I'll keep that in mind in future.

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, and I live in the south, where people can't pronounce things correctly. LOL

[apple-seed.livejournal.com]

Lily Adara. :)

Liliana Schoolfield... Lily on a school field... oh dear!

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

I know, I know! I cried when I realized I couldn't use Liliana!

[kylees.livejournal.com]

I like the name Lily... I'm not to fond of the middle names nothing flows for me... I have no suggestions on middle names tho my little one is due in 4 weeks & I dont have a first name yet or a list of anything... lol

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Oh man! Have you narrowed it down at all? In the beginning, I printed out the top 1000 baby names and we both marked through the ones we absolutely did NOT want to use.

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

I think these two flow best out of your names:

Lily Adara Schoolfield
Lily Kyra Schoolfield

Some possible alternatives:

Lily Adamina Schoolfield
Lily Andrea Schoolfield
Lily Jeanne Schoolfield
Lily Rae Schoolfield

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Thanks, we like Lily Adamina!

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Ooh I love Lily Vesna, that's so pretty and perfect as she'll be a spring baby [Vesna being the Slavic spring Goddess]. :)
Lily Athena is gorgeous too.

Hmm also like ...
Lily Aine [an-yah]
Lily Aurora
Lily Freya
Lily Maeve [may-v, rhymes with save]
Lily Miranda

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's why I liked Vesna too! Very fitting :)

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

I like:
Lily Kaia Schoolfield
Lily Adara Schoolfield

What about:
Lily Amelia Schoolfield
Lily Elsa Schoolfield
Lily Kate Schoolfield
Lily Eliza Schoolfield
Lily Jessica Schoolfield
Lily Kaitlin Schoolfield
Lily Hazel Schoolfield
Lily Olivia Schoolfield
Lily Erica Schoolfield
Lily Ella Schoolfield
Lily Eden Schoolfield
?

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I like Lily Kate from that list. Lily Olivia sounds so pretty but I can't deal with so many l's!

[anapology.livejournal.com]

Okay i'm sticking with the K theme you like :-)

These are my favourites:
Lily Kasia Schoolfield (polish form of Katherine)
Lily Katia Schoolfield (slavic form of Katherine)
Lily Kezia Schoolfield (kez-ee-uh)
Lily Keziah Schoolfield (ku-zye-uh) zye rhymes with eye
Lily Karissa Schoolfield (this is Greek, means love, grace)

[mystiaunknown.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I like Kasia, Katia and Karissa from that list. :)

[lavandersparkle.livejournal.com]

Here's some others I really like:

Lily Jade
Lily Demetria
Lily Caitronia
Lily Rose
Lily Azure
Lily Faith
Lily Crystel
Lily Elyse
And ones from your list I liked the best was Vesna, and Minerva.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

I like Lily Kaia and Lily Kara a lot.

Other mns:
Acadia
Avalon
Calla (I once knew a little girl named Lily Calla. I thought it was a bit much, personally. But she used to get complimented on it all the time.)
Carina
Cassandra
Delphine
Fiona
Mattea
Deirdre
Emma
Harper
Imogen
Isabel
Jane
Joy
Matisse
Maya
Meredith
Mia
Miranda
Monet
Vanessa

Lilika/Lilike - A version of Lily I really like. Lilike is the Dutch spelling, I believe. But Lilika is easier for people to pronounce right.

[elemmennope.livejournal.com]

One more suggestion. Lily Katriel Schoolfield.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Liliana is probably my favorite name- I would have cried too if I couldn't use it! I generally pronounce it lil-ee-ahn-ah which wouldn't have the same "Lily on a school field" problem, but yeah...anyway, onto middle names for Lily (which is equally beautiful, and when I have a daughter named Liliana I will call her Lily as well).

Lily Athena is probably my favorite from your list. I also like Lily Sophia (a suggestion I wanted to make before I saw it already was :D) and Lily Keziah.

[hitzpink.livejournal.com]

Liliana is my neice's name, and we pronounce it like you do - lily-anna, basically. I absolutely adore her name. :)

[quiet-recluse.livejournal.com]

There's also Lily Karina Schoolfield.