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Delilah

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Grimmfebruary · 08/09/2017 12:38

What's wrong with it?!

When I said I was considering, I was asked 'do you want her to be bullied'...

I personally think it's lovely.

Awaiting plain white t's/Tom jones/Samson and Delilah/st Delilah who is apparently the saint for postitutes jokes.

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DaisyDaisydoo · 08/09/2017 13:45

Wolfie has a good point! My Delilah doesn't stop asking questions- perhaps that's the reason 😂

DaisyDaisydoo · 08/09/2017 13:44

I have one! We get tonnes of compliments on it- as long as you don't mind/embrace the tom jones song go for it. It is really once in a blue moon someone mentions it though, 99%of the time we just get 'oh what a lovely/cool name'.

My Delilah loves the plain white t's song.

I couldn't care less what anyone else thought of it though, I have always absolutely loved it, that's how I knew it was the one. As Pear said, not everyone will love the same name, that's ok.

Wolfiefan · 08/09/2017 13:41

Why?
Why?
Why?
Sorry. Couldn't resist. Grin

Moregilmoregirls · 08/09/2017 13:40

I know a Delilah and I think it's pretty.

MinkowskisButterfly · 08/09/2017 13:37

I think it is a really pretty name. Tom Jones wasn't the first thing that came to mind for me, it was Plain White T's

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Grimmfebruary · 08/09/2017 13:34

I don't mind the Tom jones song all that much, it was the first thing I thought of too haha.

I just don't understand why it's apparently so horrible!

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pear123 · 08/09/2017 13:33

I dont personally like the name, but not everyone will like the same name.
it does make me think or a women with a bad reputation, Like the name Jazebel.
I think it's cause of Delilah and Sampson, and Tom Jones.
But doubt kids of today would know anything about that so can't see a problem with it, if you really like it.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 08/09/2017 13:31

My friend has a Delilah. I think it's sweet.

ChocolateCrunch · 08/09/2017 13:29

I like it. Yes, I thought of the Tom Jones song, but I still like the name!

Chaffinch4 · 08/09/2017 13:21

It is lovely. (I'm still quietly singing Tom Jones though...)

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