Zinnia is a thousand times better than
Lily, imo.
Lily is going to keep climbing the popularity charts until it's in the top ten. Plus it's just not a strong sounding name, which is generally (but not always) what I prefer in both male and female names.
Zinnia on the other hand has that nice mix of hard and soft sounds. (I really love the z or x sound in names.) It's a flower name with pizazz. :)
Edited to add: By strong sounding, I mean to have a harsher, stronger sound or syllable in the name. Example: Names like
Zipporah,
Eve,
Xanthe,
Matilda,
Beatrix, etc...
This message was edited 11/3/2009, 12:29 PM