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Delilah?

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Othelloo · 16/03/2019 08:08

I love the way this name sounds, and nickname of lilah.

What’s your thoughts?

I’m not religious at all so don’t really care about biblical connotations.

I love Delilah but my husband is keen on Cara.

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AuditAngel · 16/03/2019 09:32

Delilah was on our middle name shortlist for DD1, when rushed out of theatre with baby DD1 after C section DH picked my middle name which was also on the shortlist. Under the circumstances I understand his choice.

Moominfan · 16/03/2019 09:20

I really like it. Whole generation out there who won't even know tom Jones

daisypond · 16/03/2019 09:20

Dolores? That is similar as well. You could have lola for short.

TatianaLarina · 16/03/2019 09:19

Perhaps that Delilah sounds sooo gorgeous makes up for any negative connotations?

I think so.

No idea why people care what Tom Jones does he’s nearly dead.

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Othelloo · 16/03/2019 09:13

Perhaps that Delilah sounds sooo gorgeous makes up for any negative connotations?

Every single name has some negative association

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TrixieFranklin · 16/03/2019 09:11

I love Delilah it's such a beautiful name! Cara is so 'meh' to me.

Cbeebiesrehab · 16/03/2019 09:10

My son is Jude and almost everyone who meets him sings the song at him🙄 once they get over how original and hilarious they are they then move on from it. I like Delilah far more than Cara and Lila.

ElizabethMainwaring · 16/03/2019 09:08

The dish is right, it's a pissed up bloke song.

thedishonthecoffeetable · 16/03/2019 09:06

Delilah is also the Stoke City football chant, sung to the Tom Jones tune, chorus is the same but some of the verses are not what you would want your daughter hearing!

whatwouldkatyactuallydonext · 16/03/2019 09:02

I have a Delilah. She gets nothing but compliments about it. I certainly don't feel that she has been 'burdened'!

Sophronia · 16/03/2019 08:57

I know a baby Delilah. It’s a pretty name.

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Othelloo · 16/03/2019 08:56

Oh I adore the idea of Carina with Cara as a nickname!

Yes I don’t care about the song at all.

The main thing that’s put me off is Cher Lloyd using it. And she was probably “ignorant” in using it because she just liked the sound...but then isn’t that what I am?

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GoldenHour · 16/03/2019 08:54

WHY, WHY, WHHHHHHHY 😁

TatianaLarina · 16/03/2019 08:50

Delilah is lovely. Much more interesting than Cara, which I also like.

No-one gives a fuck about Tom Jones. He’s ancient, it’s a really old song.

My name is a classic French song. So what?

ElizabethMainwaring · 16/03/2019 08:49

It's fab for a rabbit!

daisypond · 16/03/2019 08:49

Carina is pretty as well - that’s a nice name if you want something longer.

LimpLettice · 16/03/2019 08:47

LOVE Delilah. Lilah is a pretty shortening too. I really don't think either the song or the biblical connotations are so strong to rule it out if you love it. Would've used it for DD who has a v similar name but I'd already used it on a rabbit Grin

daisypond · 16/03/2019 08:46

It does have a pretty sound. You could always claim you are reappropriating the name after centuries of patriarchal mysogeny. Or Lydia has the same sort of sounds but in a different order.

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Othelloo · 16/03/2019 08:46

Perhaps Lila is better...

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Othelloo · 16/03/2019 08:46

I’ve just discovered that Cher Lloyd has a daughter called Delilah-Rae... think I’m put off now 😳

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HalfBloodPrincess · 16/03/2019 08:45

Why not just call her Lilah? It’s a name in its own right.

MsTSwift · 16/03/2019 08:45

Cara. Delilah has too much baggage to lumber your poor child with. It’s possible she will hate you for it (have a 13 year old most of them want to fit in with crowd and having a name like that would not be appreciated)

IM0GEN · 16/03/2019 08:43

Cara is better.

OutwithMyRemit · 16/03/2019 08:42

I like it! Males me think of a song, and not THE song, but one by Queen that is about one of Freddie Mercury's cats Grin. Think it's on the Innuendo album.