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Re: FINAL Names
Millie Anna-Rose: Is Millie short for anything? Seems a little cutesy and nicknamey for a first name. Maybe Amelia? Millie isn't something that ages well. Anna-Rose isn't bad, especially if it's honoring. I'd get rid of the hyphen though. Seems unnecessary. Thomas John-David: Thomas is a strong first name. I like it. John-David suffers from blandness paired it Thomas, but again it's honoring so they are solid names. And I'd get rid of the hyphen.http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/139762
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I can't use Amelia is too close to my DD's Name. - Millie is to honor my Great Grandmother Emily, DD is honoring my boyfriends Grandmother's MN May and both kind of Honor my other Great Grandmother Amelia.I'm English so NN's as FN's are more popular over here. The Hyphen is also popular over here because My Name and DD's have a Hyphen, my boyfriend wanted another Hyphen so having it in the Middle was a compromise.

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Amelia would be interesting, since both Amy and Millie are nicknames for it. I like Millie and you don't meet very many these days - so I think it matches well with the simple Amy. I like the final choices, as they seem to go with her style (of the first child)... but I totally agree with getting rid of the hyphens. Much classier without.
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Amy & Millie are both after Family members Amelia, Emily & May. The only Milly I know is about 70/80 and lives in the Village where my parents do. Millie in US - #598 - 2013. - Milly No Ranking in US.
Millie in UK - #26 - 2012 (Nothing for 2013) - Milly in UK - #341 - 2012 (Nothing for 2013).
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Double post.Happy Halloween you weirdo for looking even though it says no text. You are as bad as me. :P
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Wow didn't realize how popular Millie is in the UK.I like Millie but I feel Amy and Millie are a bit too similar as siblings.Of course I feel that my top two girls names Serafina and Fiona are too similar so I wouldn't ever use both of them. I guess when I have children I'd like to have their names be quite different. It always seemed weird to me that my mother has siblings named Joan and John.But I like how Amy and Millie honor both of your family members.Edited to add: Also here is one suggestion you've already honored Amelia and May with Amy what about something like Lily to honor Emily or Calla - Lily or Tillie or Dillie or Gilly / Gillie or Jilly / Jillie. Or something else that ends in -ily or -illie. Or I've considered honoring family members by choosing names that remind me of their favorite things or honor their middle names or maiden names or surnames.Also after reading that you mostly call Amy-Louise, Amy-Lou instead of Amy I guess Millie isn't too similar for my tastes.
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This message was edited 10/31/2014, 1:38 AM

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Yes a lot of nns as first names are very popular in the UK. I'v heard a lot of people say they think Amy & Milly are too close but I don't really understand how ? Amy - Ay-Mee & Millie - Mill-Lee. I like Lily but I can't see myself using Lily as that is very popular in the UK also. - I love Lilian but my boyfriend doesn't like it. - plus I'm not keen on using Lily as a first name with Rose as a mn. Tillie I can't use that reminds me of my aunts cat also called Tillie. - Gilly/Jilly - he wouldn't go for as it's too close to his bosses name Ginny. - I kinda like Dillie but not sure what would be a name to get Dillie as a nn. Only thing is Lavender which is my Nan's fave flower but I can't see myself using it. - this is the trouble going back in my family most of them have no middle names and all the last names are stuff that can't be used like Self, Hunt, Clark etc. -
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AYM-ee MILL-eeI personally prefer Millie to Emily.Also as I said Amy and Millie would be too similar for me to use but I know they aren't that similar. I just would like my childrens names to be very distinct from each others in sound and spelling. In spelling Amy and Millie are not too similar but in sound they are too similar for my tastes. But I think you should go for Millie since it is honoring and you both like it.Lark or Clara could be honoring for Clark. Dillie could be a nn for Dilys, Dilwen, Daffodil, and Dillon / Dylan. I doubt any of those are both your style and your boyfriends. You could also try something like Diana-Emily nn Dilly / Dillie. Also I love Lavender but it would be too much with Rose as a mn.My mom's favorite flowers are Bougainvillea, Lobelia, Geranium, and Petunia. She also likes Lavender. I would consider Lobelia or Lavender for a mn for one of my future children but never the others.
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This message was edited 10/31/2014, 2:15 PM

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I pronounce them slightly different to you Ay-MEE & Mill-LEE.Amy hardly ever gets called Amy she normally get's called Amy-Lou or Amy Lou-Lou (her choice). - I love those names as my family are originally from Wales. I doubt my boyfriend would go for them though too out there for him (except Dylan but I refuse to use it as people have used it on girls). - I like Diana-Emily. - I can hear my boyfriends reply I'm not using that she would be named after princess Diana :/. Also like it cause my Aunts MN is Dianne which I'd love to use but then her sister would get Jealous I haven't used her name so I can't use it.I know that's what I was thinking about Lavender & Rose. I think we will wait and see if we think Emily or Millie is better when the baby is born (If its a girl obviously).
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