Liliana or Faith?

[irishjewel413.livejournal.com]

I am now torn between 2 baby names. I mentioned here before how her name has been Liliana for a while. It would be Lily for short. Then I suddenly really wanted her name to be Faith because I've always liked the name and it seems more fitting with recent events in my life.

I've gotten used to saying Lily but really like Faith too due to its meaning and it not being very common. But there isn't really any cute nick names for Faith either.

Anyway I need your help..Liliana or Faith and tell me why you like one over the other-thanks!

Comments

[b-gum.livejournal.com]

i would lean toward Lily, mainly because I'm not one for naming babies "after" things, myself. While I may use a name because I like it, I would never particularly name a baby after a family member or something like that because of fear that someone, even the child herself, would try unconsciously build her life around the person that she's named for.

Likewise, even though a period of my life may influence my name choices simply because I like new things, I wouldn't change a name to fit recent events in my life because the child really has nothing to do with the events, if that makes sense... I would want the name to be independant so that the child doesn't have any extra, unconscious influences on her life.

that just IMHO, though - different feelings for different people :)

[ber-waves-of.livejournal.com]

Faith! Liliana is pretty but any variation of Lily is so trendy right now. Faith is a name you don't hear every day, and it has personal meaning for you. :)

[blue-raine.livejournal.com]

Well I dont like Liliana but Lily. I wouldnt care about trendy or not. I think Liliana Faith would go really well.

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I was juuust going to suggest this and I honestly think Lily Faith is the cutest name ever.

[blue-raine.livejournal.com]

jup simply awesome combination. flows very well and comes along with a meaning :)

[frost.livejournal.com]

This.

[cerceau.livejournal.com]

I like Faith more, Liliana is pretty, but sounds a bit ordinary. What about Faith Liliana? Or have you already decided on a middle name? It has a nice flow to it, and you can still use Lily as a nickname if you want, although I don't quite understand why you need a nickname for Faith (but I'm biased, I don't really like nicknames), it's nice enough on its own.

[blonde-in-black.livejournal.com]

I recently met a toddler called Fee/Fifi, and it was short for Faith. Faith Liliana would be lovely IMO!

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

Liliana... but part of my bias is I don't like virtue names (Faith, Hope, Charity, Chastity... just seems like a lot to live up to, I've never known a chaste Chastity for example.)

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I like Faith and your story. You don't need a nn but Faye is awesome, IMO.

[hardtogetover.livejournal.com]

I actually love Liliana Faith. :-)

[cellos-playing.livejournal.com]

this!

[blosmbee.livejournal.com]

I like Faith better, in general. I especially like it better because of your story. Good luck to you!

[spaceandclouds.livejournal.com]

I would also go for Liliana Faith. It just sounds SO good.

What I like about Liliana is that it has more nicknaming options, yet Lily is VERY popular at the moment. So you could also just call her Liliana. At the same, taking into account the events of your life that you've described before, and why you thought Faith would be fitting...I'd say use it. As either a first or middle...use it!

[satunian.livejournal.com]

As common as Lily is becomming it still is a very pretty name, and I think Liliana is my favorite "Lily" name of all. Faith is pretty too, but I just think Liliana is prettier and way more versatile, and I think Faith makes a great middle name for Liliana, so my vote would be to name her Liliana Faith. You get to have both AND it is a beautiful name!

[solitudete.livejournal.com]

I like Faith better. You can always nn her Faye. : )

[mrssubee.livejournal.com]

it's really up to you...toss a coin
I'd go with Liliana- it's pretty and I had a bad experience with a Faith (holier-than-thou) growing up

[frost.livejournal.com]

Liliana Faith sounds pretty.
If only choosing one, I'd go with Liliana- because I like Lily.
I find Faith kind of ugly (but then I think this of 99.9% of virtue names); also, I find Faith kind of...plain? Underwhelming? Yea, something like that. ^^

[chadwah.livejournal.com]

I'd personally go with Faith, but what about a combination -- Liliana Faith? Did you already have a middle name picked out?

[greyhowl.livejournal.com]

Just wait til you meet her, then decide!!

[pyrokitten77.livejournal.com]

I agree with this. If you don't wanna wait, why not just name her Liliana Faith? I think that sounds really pretty. And I also agree with duckduckcaboose and b_gum about Faith.

What if she grows up to be an atheist or something? Would be kinda ironic.

[smasharash.livejournal.com]

This may not be helpful right now, but you could just wait and see which name suits her when she is born?

I would go for Faith, partly because I prefer that it doesn't have a nickname so your daughter won't have to correct people when they call her Liliana instead of Lily.