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[o-honeybee-o.livejournal.com]

I work in a school, and we have a little girl named Lilyan (pronounced like Lily-Ann, not Lilian).
I LOVE the name (it helps that she's a really cute kid too), but the spelling isn't my favourite.
So, which one do you prefer:

Lilyan

Lilyann

Lilyanne

Lilianne

Comments

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Lilianne

[thellamaqueen.livejournal.com]

+1

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

Me too!

[lind-saay.livejournal.com]

Lily-Ann. The other ways are awful, and no one will pronounce them correctly. They look like "creative" spellings of Lillian.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

Lily-Anne.

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

Lilianne or Lily-Anne

[lustdumpster.livejournal.com]

i would spell it lily anne if you want people to pronounce it correctly. all of those look like lillian to me except the last one, and i just don't like the way that looks.

[sal_amanda]

I don't mind any of them except the first one, which doesn't look like it would be pronounced Lily Ann at all.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

With that pronunciation, I'd say Lilianne or Lily-Anne.

[rachie-01.livejournal.com]

Of those listed, Lilianne.

[gipro2003.livejournal.com]

I like Lily-Anne also.

[beepandetch.livejournal.com]

I hate hyphens and I hate blended names so I would definitely just go with Lily Ann.

[my-little-voice.livejournal.com]

lilianne

[frost.livejournal.com]

Lily Anne.
Lilianne is okay, but I'd probably always mistake it for Lilian at first glance.

[pixietangerine.livejournal.com]

Lily-Anne/Ann (or Lily Anne/Ann), if I read any of the others I would assume they were messed up spellings of Lillian.

Very pretty!

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

Lily Anne. When I saw "Lilyan" I was thought it was "Lil Yan."

[pegasus2o5.livejournal.com]

Lilianne is kind of cool, and Lilyanne is... fairly acceptable. Why not just Lily Ann(e)/Lily-Ann(e)? Or LilyAnn. Spelling it Lilyan and Lilyann is setting the kid up for having to correct every single person she meets, a HUGE pet peeve of mine.

I like the name itself. I love Lily and Lily Ann is really cute.