I've been away a few days and then came back to all the great explanations for names! What a great question to have asked!

I chose Lily for a couple of reasons. My name is actually Linda, and there are about a million of us around my age. I have gone through a lot of changes in the past 3 or 4 years (I'm 48) and feel like quite a different person so I guess I was looking for an alter ego. I love flowers and lilies come in many varieties/colors, are lovely but hearty, and bloom at a certain time, which I feel I did. I also thought that the name Lilian suited my Spanish connections and had a different feel to it than Lily or Lil, so I could have various alter egos! Of course, I'm not going to get my friends to call me Lily--that would be too weird--but I use it for new things in my life such as this. And when I order a bagel or a coffee, I give them the name Lily just to amuse myself!