Please help! Only 4 days left!

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Registered: 03-09-2006
Please help! Only 4 days left!
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Thu, 03-09-2006 - 11:09am

I'm desperate! My second daughter is due this Monday (3/13) and we have not decided on a name yet! We've narrowed it down to two: Lily, or Alexa. Which should we choose? I like them both equally, and just can't settle on one. If Alexa, which nickname should we use: Aly, or Lexi?

Thanks in advance for your help--I'm really upset that I can't choose one. My husband and 5 year old, Chloe, both like them equally too! I don't know where else to turn for help.

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Thu, 03-09-2006 - 11:21am
I would say DEFINETLY Alexa. It is so beautiful! Lily is going to be sooo popular- the next big name. She will be one of three in all her classes growing up. Alexa is so pretty, I love it. Both nn's are nice, but I prefer Lexi.

                             
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 03-09-2006 - 11:25am
Take both names to the hospital with you. When I was pg with my DS we couldn't decide between Benjamin and Edward. We called him Benward for most of the pg. After he was born we looked at him and he looked more like a Benjamin than an Edward - the decision was easy at that point.
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Registered: 02-15-2006
Thu, 03-09-2006 - 11:40am

I agree with the previous poster about deciding after you see your new baby. I think you will look at her and know which one fits. Don't stress! You won't have a no-name daughter :)

If you do decide on Alexa, I like the nn Lexi.

Good Luck :)

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Registered: 04-28-2003
Thu, 03-09-2006 - 11:44am
I think you should take both names until you see her, see which one feels more right. I haven't named one of my 3 kids the name I thought I was, I changed my mind each time after they were born. That said, I like Lily much much better than Alexa. All the Lexi, Alexis type names have such a stripper feel to me. I know I am alone in this opinion as most people like them.
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Registered: 01-30-2006
Thu, 03-09-2006 - 12:12pm
I guess I'd have to agree with the pp, just wait and "see" before you finalize the name. My best friend growing up was nn Lexi, so I can't vote for anything but that! For now you can just call her "Lilexa"! He he he.
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Registered: 03-09-2006
Thu, 03-09-2006 - 1:11pm
Alexa is beautiful... and i think Lexi is sooo cute... Happy Name hunting...