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Lily, Maia or Eilonwy? (more)
Just wondering which one of my top favorites for a girl you would choose and why:Lily
Eilonwy
Maia (MAH-ya or MY-ah, when said in everyday talk and sentences they sound the exact same to me)Please rate my list: https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/6232
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Maia.Lily is passé. And I have no idea how to pronounce Eilonwy and suspect some other people wouldn’t either. It is awkward looking, much prefer Elowen.

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Eilonwy - if my husband were enthused about it and helped talk me into it. Who me, Welsh? No - but I don't really give a damn.
If I got flak over it from her dad, Maia instead. A great name, simple, strong and warm.Lily is very pretty, but I don't think it sounds like a name for an adult, and I wouldn't really like being named it, so it would not be on my list for a daughter. It's kind of aggressively maidenish, to me.
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Lily is my favorite girl name. If I ever had a daughter, this would be her name.I really like Eilonwy, but I don’t think I could be brave enough to use it as a first name.I’m not crazy about Maia or any other similar names like May, Mae or Maya.
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Lily because it seems the most practical and cute
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I dislike Lily for its repeated sounds like baby-babble, its slimy feel in the mouth, its reference to drooping white flowers associated with funerals ...
I like Eilonwy, but I don't consider it usable as a fn outside Wales. As a mn, yes!
I like Maia a lot. May is a family name, but it doesn't appeal to me half as much as Maia; I like the Latin meaning, and especially the little German TV bee!
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Maia. Lilly is too frilly and Eilowny just looks like random letters thrown together to me.
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Eilonwy for sure. It's the weirdest one, and I'm into that. Eilonwy is awesome.
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Lily. It’s so timeless and classic and just beautiful. Sure it’s really popular, but that’s because it’s gorgeous, wearable and doesn’t date.
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They are all pretty.
I'd choose...1) Lily (even though everyone seems to be tired of it)
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2) Maia (by the way, I like the spelling)
3) Eilonwy (which do you prefer ie-LON-wee or ay-LON-wee?)
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I think ie-LON-wee because it matches the German pronunciation so it will work better in Germany. But I like both.
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Lily, more traditional, well known, easy to spell and pronounce
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