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Delilah or Arabella?

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Hoptastic53 · 29/03/2017 23:12

I love these names but are they too fussy?

Which one do you prefer?

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Susiethetortoiseshellcat · 30/03/2017 07:27

Delilah is lovely.

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Hoptastic53 · 30/03/2017 07:19

I prefer Lilah as a NN to Bella but not sure which full name I prefer. I quite like Wilf as a NN for Wilfred but will 10 year . Wilfred get picked on among the Jaydens and Caydens?

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MommaGee · 30/03/2017 01:19

Both girls names are lovely but I'd go Arabella.

Wilbur is our imaginary dogs name. Jasper is my friends actual dogs name.w
wilfred - wily. Nuff said. Wil / Will / William is really popular atm

SuperBeagle · 30/03/2017 01:11

Delilah has grim connotations. The Tom Jones song, the Plain White T's song, the Biblical association etc.

Arabella doesn't have any of that, and it has the better nickname - Bella.

I like all of your boys names, but would probably avoid Wilbur for the pig/Charlotte's Web association (not negative, but well known among people). Wilfred and Jasper are both lovely.

Sophronia · 30/03/2017 01:08

Delilah and Jasper

Mrsknackered · 29/03/2017 23:22

I'm a little biased about Jasper Wink
Wilfred is great too.
Would avoid Wilbur it makes me think of a little pig (is there a little pig called Wilfred somewhere?!)

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Hoptastic53 · 29/03/2017 23:19

And on the off chance it's a boy (all girls so far) - Wilbur, Jasper or Wilfred?

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Mrsknackered · 29/03/2017 23:18

Definitely Delilah - love it!
I don't think Tom Jones is really what most kids of today listen to so I wouldn't be worried about that.
I like the sound of Arabella but yes I do think it's too fussy/frilly.

DramaAlpaca · 29/03/2017 23:17

I like both, but would have to go for Arabella.

I don't find them fussy at all.

TitaniasCloset · 29/03/2017 23:15

Both lovely, I prefer Delilah.

KittiKat · 29/03/2017 23:15

Why, why, why Delilahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Unfortunately that will be sung to her all the time...

I love Arabella though. That was one of my favourite names for my DD before she was born. I would have used it but got overridden by my then DH and his mother Hmm