I know it's popular, but I love the meaning and I love the sound and I just find it so spunky. It's my cousins name, or I'd have it on my own list. I want to use it as a middle name.
I read the BA's every weekend and I would have to say out of those names I see
Lily the most, followed
Sophia by then Maya/Maia, and I can't remember ever seeing a
Mary as a first name. Western Australian Top 50 baby names has
Lily at #11 and
Lilly at #32,
Sophia at #28 and
Sofia at #49. The others dont make the list.
Maya - I don't know any here in Aus, but when I was living in Canada in 2007 we met at least 9
Maya's under the age of 6 (however they spelled it). I kid you not, there was at least one
Maya there every time we went out to the park. I was so sick of it after 6 months of living there.
Mary - I know of one little
Mary who would be about 2 or 3. Her brothers name is
Thomas.
Sophia - theres my cousin
Sophia in Canada. Shes 2, her brother is
Nicholas. I also look after a little
Sophia here. She'd be about 4, her sister is
Samara and her cousin is
Geoffrey.
Lily -
Ella has a
Lily in her class, her brother is
Angus. Also, my dog is called
Lily.