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Opinions on Delilah? Need more suggestions asap!!!

33 replies

lactivistdoula · 21/07/2014 20:30

If you had a Samuel (goes by Sam/Sammy), would you consider the name Delilah for a girl? We aren't religious one tiny bit, and I am not sure the average person would make a connection, and even though the biblical story is about Samson and Delilah, I'm still worried people might be all WTF at us.

In any case, I'd also love other girl name suggestions. I like 3+ syllable names, with nickname options. Middle names are Janine Eleanor.

Baby is due in 6 weeks! I don't even know if it is a girl, but I've got my boy name chosen already. I'm just having trouble with a girl name.

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squoosh · 22/07/2014 19:18

Sam(son) and Deliliah were lovers so I definitely wouldn't use it.

ThatWasNice · 22/07/2014 17:37

Daphnie?

JassyRadlett · 22/07/2014 17:25

Well, I don't think I'd go for Delilah in the first place, years of people singing 'why why why at her'.

I think I would have made the link. The story is well known enough for people to go 'Sam and Delilah? Hang on, that sounds familiar... Oh.'

And given the relationship between the Biblical duo I just would want to go there.

Gingerjv · 22/07/2014 16:55

I also think names sound together good. I would not have thought about any connection to the story of Samson and Delilah!

HillyHolbrook · 22/07/2014 16:22

I think it's fine! I wouldn't have thought Samson and Delilah.

YY to Madeline, Elizabeth, I prefer Rosilind over Rosalina, or Melissa.

People can make the most tenuous links though no matter what, my best friends new baby twins are called Sam and Ella and I can't stop hearing Salmonella whenever she says their names, just don't tell her thatGrin

StoneFoxMama · 22/07/2014 12:00

Jemima, Tallulah, Talitha, Magdalena are all in a similar vein but I totally think you could use Delilah. It's a great name.

BethanFaye · 22/07/2014 10:40

I think it's fine. How about:

Matilda
Elizabeth
Saffron
Madeline
Romilly
Josephine
Magdalena
Annalise
Genevieve
Lavinia

burgatroyd · 22/07/2014 09:42

It's fine! Dd's name is not Samson. Tallulah, Delores, Damaris, Aquinnah, Sidonie, Rosalina, Bianca, Jacinta, Ramona...