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Lily

Julia, then Emilia then Lily. All names you could fit at any age.

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I used to really like Leah but I'm fairly indifferent (it used to be my great aunt's name but she changed it). Liliana is cute but a bit too liquid-y and mushy. And Anna I don't like at all.

This message was edited 10/4/2012, 8:48 AM

It's basically a tie between Lily and Leah, but today, it's Lily.

Liliana.

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:)

I love them all! I'm a little biased towards Julia, of course, but my vote goes to Anna. It's such a beautiful, classy, can't-go-wrong name. But they're all great.

This message was edited 10/1/2012, 11:27 PM

Leah

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I also like Anna and Lily. Julia is all right but a bit dated. Liliana is too frilly, and Emilia isn't my thing.

Leah

Julia

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Of the names you've listed, I love both Julia and Liliana. (I also like Lily too, but as a middle name.) However, I think Julia will age better, and is less "liquid-sounding" and therefore less of a tongue-twister.

Julia

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But I also love Anna, Leah and Emilia.

Lily

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Then Anna and Liliana

They are all lovely options. Today, I'm leaning toward Julia, but Emilia always does feel particularly "right" for you somehow, not that I actually know your or anything. :)

Julia.

Emilia...

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Emilia is my favorite closely followed by Julia.

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Lily is my third favorite.

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Anna, Leah, and Liliana I like about equally. Liliana has more nn potential which you might prefer. Nn's could be Lily, Lilia, Anna, Annie, or Ann.

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This message was edited 10/1/2012, 1:23 PM

Julia

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1. Julia
2. Anna
3. Emilia
4. Leah
5. Lily
6. Liliana

Anna

Julia followed by Liliana

I'd go with Anna. I love Lily (obviously) but Lily is in the top 20 now and when you add the popularity of Lillian, Liliana (which makes the top 100 when you count all spellings), Lilia (makes the top 1000), Lilith (makes the top 1000) and the various spellings of Lily that are popular as well (especially Lilly) the name is way too overused. I think most girls who are named Lillian, Liliana, Lilith etc go by Lily at least sometimes. It is possibly the most popular name of all, if you add all variants and consider all the girls who have a longer form but go by Lily.

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I like Emilia, but it is easily confused with Amelia which is also common. I think she'd have a lot of 'No, not Amelia E-M-I-L-I-A.' situations. It's lovely, though.

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I dislike the meaning of Leah and find the sound insubstantial. Julia is very 80s dated to me. I was born in the late 80s and know tons. Liliana is fine, but doesn't excite me.

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While I do think Anna is also slightly 80s dated (I grew up with quite a few) it isn't very popular anymore and its popularity seems to be going down. Also it is easy to spell and pronounce.

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1. Anna
2. Lily
3. Emilia
4. Liliana (I'd call her Lily)
5. Julia (if I had to use it, I'd call her Julie)
6. Leah (I think I'd call her Lee)

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If you love both Lily and Anna so much, have you considered Lilyanna (I think it looks sweeter than Liliana). Or maybe you should just go with Liliana because you get your favorite names, and two other favorites as nicknames. It might be the ideal solutions. Liliana Emilia is really nice.

Liliana! One of my top girls name, I love it so much!
Followed by Lily, Emilia, Anna, Leah and Julia.

Anna.

Anna, but it's a tough choice. I also really like Emilia and Julia. Lily is okay, too.

Lily

Emilia, though I quite like Julia as well.

Anna

Do you have to have some of my favorite names on the same list, and then make me choose ONE of them? That's not fair.

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I dislike Liliana (way too frilly) but I like the others. I think my favorite right now is Leah, but as I said with the boys post, I wouldn't use that with your children's name (same as Nathaniel). My second pick would be Lily, but again, I wouldn't use it. So I'm down to Anna, Emilia and Julia. All of them works really nice with your childrens names, and today I would go with Emilia.

Julia.

Anna