Willow, Sophia or Lily?

[CatchingMockingbirds]

I've just found out I'm going to have a little girl, so this is my shortlist:

Willow
Sophia
Lily

I'm in Scotland if that changes the popularity of names , so what do you all think?

[wannabedomesticgoddess]

Im in NI and I know of 2 Willows born since start of Nov and 4 Sophias (including mine :o )

Sophia is obviously my favourite. But I prefer Lily to Willow!

[mandoo]

Sophia. I looked after a beautiful Sophia when I was a nanny. She is now in her teens and is still beautiful. It's quite a strong name too, where as Willow sound more soft, although still lovely.
Congratulations!

[GoodnessMeNoGinInTheHouse]

Willow

[morethanyoubargainfor]

I love willow, was on my short list but we had a boy! I love nature names, raine,storm,red,river etc!

[whatagreatname]

Willow

then Sophia

[CatchingMockingbirds]

Willow and Sophia are my two favourites but I can't decide between them both, I was thinking of maybe having Lily or Lucy as a middle name.

[TheElfOnThePanopticon]

Sophia.

[Wheresmycaffeinedrip]

Willow

[Karbea]

Sophia, my kitten is called Willow (pussy).

[Astralabe]

I like feisty girls names so probably not Willow for me..

[Lionsntigersnbears]

Willow, no contest. Great nns - Lolly, Lolo, Will, Billie - love it!

[PinkFairyTaleOfNewYork]

I love willow, I like lily and Sophia but I know loads of them (also in Scotland)

[Rhubarbgarden]

Willow.

[vesti23]

Willow

[CatchingMockingbirds]

Thanks everyone. It's still a close choice between Sophia and Willow but I think we're going to go with Willow.

[GingerJulep]

Erm, isn't Willow the name of a (male) dwarf in the film of the same name? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwick_Davis

I guess it probably has some more recent popular culture references.. but ot me it brings to mind the chap in the link above.

[Greensleeves]

Willow is the name of LOTS of tv and movie characters. Why flag up that one?

I like Willow.

[GingerJulep]

Only because it is the one I think of... I liked the film a lot :-) And it is the title character.

But means I think of it as a boy's name.

Personally I prefer Sophia for a girl and I thought these threads were about seeking a range of opinions?

[Greensleeves]

It is a cool film, that was the first time I became aware of my burning need to shag Val Kilmer

but Willow reminds me more of the one in Buffy!

[GingerJulep]

I'm too old (or female, I remember some guys watching at uni) for Buffy!

[zenoushka]

Love the name Sophia.

[lovedimsum]

I would go for Willow, there are so many Sophias and Lilys around.

[AuntieShirley]

Willow

[Alisvolatpropiis]

I like Willow!

The dwarf in the film Willow and Willow from Buffy are equally tied in my mind when I think "what does that remind me of?".

Both are great characters so it's not a negative link. Though I do perhaps err more to seeing Willow as unisex because of the film whereas most people don't!

[Alisvolatpropiis]

Greensleeves

I insisted for years that if I ever had any siblings and one was a sister she should be called Sorsha . Ended up with a brother lucky for him