We're having a girl and the front running first name is Lila, which is conveniently a combination of both of our mother's names (first two letters of MIL and last syllable of my mom).
Which spelling do you like better?
a. Lila
b. Lilah
c. Lylah
d. other?
We also like "Marie" as the middle name (a family name) but DH wants the double first name of "Lylah-Marie" (no middle name) which for a child is fine but I don't think it works as well later in life as an adult. I told him he can call her "Lylah Marie" all he wants but this way she has the option of using it or not when she gets older. Thoughts?
Re: Lila/Lylah/Lilah or Double First Name?
I spell it Lyla.
I don't like the combo double first name idea.
Lyla Marie as 2 names is just fine.
Lila and Marie as a mn. GL
I like Lila or Lilah best, but that's just my style. I do think Lylah looks pretty, too.
I don't like the double first name idea either.
I agree and I do like Lyla or Lylah. I think Lila might sometimes be read as LEE-lah. Teachers sometimes have a way of butchering names.
I like Lila or Lilah best! What a pretty name choice!
I think Lila or Lilah are the best choices. I think Marie is a beautiful mn choice.
are you pronouncing it ly-lah or lee-la?
I am assuming ly-lah. And if I am right then I really like Lyla better than all the options you gave. Very pretty name.
Hate the overusage of the letter "y." Hate.
Lila or Lilah.
Lila, it's DD's name
Definitely Lila. Agree with the overusage of the letter y, per previous poster.
My daughter's name is Liliana (Italian for Lillian) and I sometimes call her Lila.
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Spell it Lila or Lilah. Not Lylah, that looks made up.
I'm a huge fan of double first names (I'm Southern, so tons of women in my family have double first names). But you do NOT hyphenate!!! Hyphens have no place in names. If you want to give her a double first name, you just call her by two first names every time you say her name -- Lila Marie. No hyphen. You can also give her a third first name, and that would be her "middle name."
I like Lilah.
I really hate Lylah just because of that dang y. I also do not like double first names but I do think Marie goes great with Lilah.