Having second thoughts...

[Orangeisthenewbanana]

Posted a few months ago as we were struggling to find a girls name for DC2. A boy will be Samuel Robert. Narrowed it down to 2, Anya and Talia (middle name will be Faith). Decided on Anya as I was a bit unsure if Talia was a bit too unusual and would raise eyebrows (especially from GP's!). However have recently had a bit of an about-face and now possibly prefer Talia out of the two - perhaps using Tilly as a nickname??

Surname is Irish/Scottish and goes with most things. DH likes both of the above choices. Would be interested to hear your thoughts, and any other suggestions. DD was soooo much easier!!

[daisydalrymple]

Love both names, think talia is really pretty. Although if shortening to anything, I would go with tali. But personally I think it's too pretty to shorten it!

[BikeRunSki]

Talia is much prettier than Anya.

[SmugairleRoin]

Both of them are nice, I agree with pp that I'd shorten to Tali or possibly Lia.
Much of a muchness in it imo - I certainly don't think Talia is too weird.

Tanya as a suggestion maybe?

[ashesandfire]

I love Anya!
Talia is OK.

[Orangeisthenewbanana]

Thanks for the comments. The other suggestions for nicknamed are definitely worth thinking about!

[Lunastarfish]

I prefer Anya

[Rosaaa]

I prefer Thalia. Don't like Tilly though. Maybe Tali, as others said, could work better.

[NerrSnerr]

Love Anya, but that might be because she's my favourite Buffy character.

[twattersonsmythe]

Oh no! I used to quite like Talia, but as I started to read your post, the word genitalia popped into my head and now I can't un-see it when I look at the name.

[manicinsomniac]

Talia's lovely but I prefer Anya.

[Comingroundthemountain]

Talia is a hebrew name isn't it? I know lots of Jewish Talias. Why would GPs find it funny?

[swimmerforlife]

Anya is much prettier.

[LeaveMyWingsBehindMe]

Talia or Thalia (my preferred spelling) is beautiful and not weird, or even that unusual now.

Are you going to pronounce it TAAR-lee-a though, not Teh-LEE-a?

I don't like Tilly either, too twee. Tali is better.

Anya sounds a bit hard to me, I prefer Anna.

[Orangeisthenewbanana]

Thanks for the latest comments. We would be pronouncing it TAAR-le-a and went with the Talia spelling to avoid mispronounciation with a Th- sound at the beginning.

coming, I think the name just isn't one they'd have across and can't imagine any of them saying it in my head!