What is the problem with the name Delilah?

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coveredinsnot · 31/08/2015 11:00

Is it just the biblical reference and meaning seductress?

I really like this name and we're struggling to find names we both like for our imminent DD.

Are there any other names that have a similar sound without the issues?

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reuset · 31/08/2015 11:16

I don't think there is a problem with the name Delilah, perhaps only if you set great store by the religious narrative.

It's certainly popular enough, it's in the top 200 for sure. People are using it. Not languishing in obscurity like Jezebel.

JustOneMinuteAtATime · 31/08/2015 11:13

Yeah...not so much Hey There Delilah as Tom Jones.

And the prostitute thing.

QOD · 31/08/2015 11:12

Why why why Delilah

Tom Jones

Fab name. Love it!

thehypocritesoaf · 31/08/2015 11:12

Why why why?

SmugairleRoin · 31/08/2015 11:11

It's in the same mental grouping as Jezebel for me, though the reference is probably less well known as a prostitute.

Also there's that painful song Hey There Delilah.

Thalia or Alannah?

Savagebeauty · 31/08/2015 11:01

Tallulah?

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