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Talulah as a first name

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NowwhatdoIdo123 · 21/01/2017 12:23

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Joeybee · 22/01/2017 23:05

Honestly I think it sounds like a pets name. However it is a pretty and unusual name and maybe the child could make it her own. Not sure if i'd spell it with one l or two.

Flowers88 · 22/01/2017 19:53

Yes it's lovely ! I teach a Tallulah and all her friends call her Lula which I love.

MarilynWhirlwindRocks · 22/01/2017 04:00

I rather like it, although Jodie Foster / Bugsy Malone was my automatic association, too! (Great film, so that's a positive, IMO).

Would depend a lot on the combination with middle name(s) and surname, I think. Probably not Talulah/ Tallulah Amaryllis Fotherington-Smythe, for example... Wink

But, yes, it's pretty. And Lulu/ Lou/ Lula are cute NNs.

squoosh · 22/01/2017 01:22

'I've never heard of a hooker called tallulah. They normally have boring names like Julie.'

Grin Grin Grin

LolaTheDarkdestroyer · 22/01/2017 01:04

And fwiw I've never heard of a hooker called tallulah. They normally have boring names like Julie.

LolaTheDarkdestroyer · 22/01/2017 01:02

I have a tallulah rose and everyone loves her name. If you read up on its meaning/origin it's very interesting.

Blackbird82 · 21/01/2017 23:23

That name conjures up an image of a hooker to me. Sorry!

Member85426 · 21/01/2017 23:22

Not against trendy names and think they suit the children they are given to. But I just feel trendy names are cute for a little one but I can't imagine an old person called Tallulah. Its strange to picture old people homes of the future with residents called Jayden, Kai, Harrison, Tallulah, Etc.

Xmasbaby11 · 21/01/2017 23:13

I don't like it, sorry. Just doesn't sound like a real name - too frilly.

indigo13 · 21/01/2017 23:11

I think you can only pull it off if you're very posh Grin

rainbow99 · 21/01/2017 22:19

Don't some people use it as a name for lady/girly bits Hmm

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 21/01/2017 21:32

We had a hamster called Tallulah. She was a supercilious little bit hectic unhelpful, sorry

TheNotoriousRBG · 21/01/2017 21:29

I love it but wasn't brave enough to use it. Tally and Lulu are both cute nicknames. In the end it was just too cutesy. I'd go for a stronger name.

AshesandDust · 21/01/2017 21:20

I think it's a lovely name, it's one of my all time favourites.

Raines100 · 21/01/2017 21:13

I've always thought it was a joke name for a pet or a doll. It's ridiculously frilly. I think you'd struggle to be taken seriously with a moniker like that. I wonder if the British registrars would let you have 'Does-The-Hula-In-Hawaii' for a middle name? The Kiwis didn't go for it.

robinia · 21/01/2017 21:11

Couple of girls at ds's school called Tallulah and they're very sweet and not chavvy at all.

NavyandWhite · 21/01/2017 20:57

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PeggyMitchell123 · 21/01/2017 20:53

I think it's a nice name. Would never use it myself though, it's my mum's cat name Grin

Pluto30 · 21/01/2017 20:49

I don't like it because it doesn't roll off the tongue very well.

I think Elon Musk's ex-wife is a Tallulah.

EmmaC78 · 21/01/2017 18:54

I don't really like it either. It isn't the worst name but not one I would ever pick.

Keepingupwiththejonesys · 21/01/2017 15:46

Nope, really don't like it.

MitzyLeFrouf · 21/01/2017 15:41

I can't imagine the green light being given to an 11 year old playing that character these days. It was a bit ambiguous and definitely very adult.

rollonthesummer · 21/01/2017 15:39

It makes me think of Bugatti Malone but I really love that film so it's not such an awful thing!!

Lulu is a cute name too.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 21/01/2017 15:38

Salty lounge singer and hostess I thought.

AuntiePenguin · 21/01/2017 15:35

Can't hear it without thinking of (and probably singing) the bugsy malone song, but I guess that won't be so popular in her age group?