Girl names too similar for sisters?!?

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Registered: 03-25-2003
Girl names too similar for sisters?!?
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Wed, 12-21-2005 - 1:34am

DH and I both like the name Lilianna, but I like Eliana even better. It means "God Answered my Prayer" with the middle name Faith. Trust me, 4 kids is a real faith walk for us!

Problem we already have an Aliya in our family, and DH thinks Eliana sounds too similar. I had a hard time at first when youngest girl was named Mercia, because it rhymes with Aliya. But I've found LOTS of families that do that (Ethan/Nathan, Morgan/Logan). To lost the confusion in our house, we call her Mei Mei (which means Little Sister).

I think we would us the nickname Ellie, but DH thinks the Ellie/Ella/Emma names are getting too trendy (we shy away from top 100 names). Besides, Lilly/Lillian/Liliana names are just as popular.

I don't like eliminating a name altogether because of an older sibling's name. Someday she'll be her own person and not have her sister around all the time. She can go by Eliana if she wants.

So what do you think? We don't know if we're having a boy or a girl, and boy names are even harder! DH likes Caspian! ;-)

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Registered: 10-13-2005
Wed, 12-21-2005 - 6:41am

I have three girls and naming the last one was tough. We kept all names long and ending in "a".


I like Eliana & Lilianna. It could get a little confusing in the house when calling for them, but that is to be expect with more

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Wed, 12-21-2005 - 9:03am
I LOVE the name Eliana and I don't think it is too similar to your other daughter's name at all. Go for it! Its beautiful.

                             
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Registered: 07-20-2003
Wed, 12-21-2005 - 11:37am

Aliya and Eliana don't rhyme so I think it's okay. In fact I think Aliya and Lilianna are more similar. Just my thoughts. Btw, your daughters have beautiful names!

*Ali

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Registered: 11-26-2003
Thu, 12-22-2005 - 1:50pm
I like Arianna
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Registered: 02-20-2001
Thu, 12-22-2005 - 2:04pm

I think Eliana is a beautiful name and the meaning is perfict. And i don't thing Eliana and Aliya are too similar. Caspian and Emeth sound nothing alike and i still call them by each others name all the time. LOL. i especially seem to yell Caspian when Emeth is getting into something. i have to appologize to him like 10 times a day. poor kid.

cara