What do you think of Marilla?

[darkemerald]

What do you think of Marilla as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

[coldtits]

Anne of Green Gables

[MadOldCrone]

Tony Christie

[MaggieTaSeFuar]

it's very close to the spanish word for nausea. that was the first thought i had.

[MadOldCrone]

Isn't marilla a colour of envelope?

[MadOldCrone]

....or the capital of the Phillippines?

[darkemerald]

No, that's Manila

[MadOldCrone]

Maybe I'm thinking of a collection of small boats....

[MadOldCrone]

...or what you flavour fairy cakes with...

[BitOfFun]

Isn't marea Spanish for nausea? I like Marilla. A lot actually.

[MadOldCrone]

.....or.....

[AleksandrMeerkat]

Manilla, and flotilla.

HTH

[mollymawk]

I think of Anne of Green Gables too. Nice name though.

[AleksandrMeerkat]

Yeah, and that's vanilla.

Seriously? [hmm}

[differentID]

Anne of Green Gables. Sorry.

[AleksandrMeerkat]

[shockers]

Marilla was crotchety but fair ( and old)... Dinah, however, was black haired and beautiful

[CJCregg]

How about this?

[monetinfebruary]

I like it. Wasn't it the old lady from Ann of Green Gables?

[Pancakeflipper]

Marilla the Gorilla.

Nah.... But I have always liked Dinah from reading that series of Enid Blytin books.

[darkemerald]

The list of things Marilla rhymes with is very helpful, thanks

[Limara]

Is this the way to Amarilla?

[LetThereBeRock]

I don't like it. It's one of those ugly old lady names imho.

[shockers]

Am I getting confused with my Dinah's? I remember the one who was a good fairy type from the Faraway Tree but who was Anne's best friend? ( the one she got drunk on raspberry 'cordial'? Was that Diana? hoever it was, I loved her and her black hair as a kid ( I was ginger like Anne and felt her pain and her admiration)

[frazzledoldbag]

Sounds like the name of a paint colour on a Dulux paint chart. In fact I think it might be.........