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Lila

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Freewanderer · 03/11/2019 19:51

Is this a nice name? My dh likes it and I think I do but I’m not really sure I’ve come across it much. What do you think when you hear it?
I’ve already got a Gabrielle but am really struggling to think of names I like (boys or girls).
Tia

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Freewanderer · 05/11/2019 19:29

Yes, maybe you’re right re a name that sounds a bit bolder/braver. I’m really rubbish though and can’t think of many I like. Love French names though! Also like Georgia/Georgina/Georgiana, but dh not keen.
Should do what my sister did and just let her oh name the baby, as she didn’t mind much.

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BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 05/11/2019 18:23

I prefer Lyra, for the literary connection, to Lila, but don't dislike it.

Love Gabrielle, and think Lila does seem a bit more mainstream so I'd go braver as a sibling for Gabrielle.

confusedandemployed · 05/11/2019 18:08

I like it. I know a young Lila pronounced Lie-la and my grandmother was Lill-a. I like both versions.

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Freewanderer · 05/11/2019 18:07

No don’t be sorry. Thank you for your opinions. That’s what I wanted. Honesty.

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Kit30 · 05/11/2019 15:39

Sorry OP; the whole Lila/Lyla/Laylee/Layly/Laylie/Lilo/Lola name thing is the Chloe of its generation, imo. Initially fine but doomed by its own popularity to become a bit meh. Ditto the something(Chloe?Lila?)-hyphen- May/Mae/Mai/Mia phenomenon.

MikeUniformMike · 05/11/2019 15:30

I think it was a Tesco own brand. Who'd want to be named after a Tesco Tampon? Grin

Paraballa · 05/11/2019 14:29

DramaAlpaca really? I'm 44 but have never heard of those. Nor has my mum. Was that in the U.K.?

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Freewanderer · 05/11/2019 07:23

I like Delilah too but now thinking of the Tom Jones association. Like a pp says, perhaps next generation won’t even give second thought.
Lilia is unusual. I like. Will google tampons!
Thanks everyone. Seems some of u like it.

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HotSince82 · 04/11/2019 23:34

I have a Delilah who goes by Lilah.
I think by using the 'h' it helps to make it clear that its not pronounced as Lee-la.

DramaAlpaca · 04/11/2019 22:27

How about Lilia instead

I'm old enough to remember a brand of sanitary towels called Lilia, so that's enough to put me off that name completely. Which is a shame, as it's so pretty.

Paraballa · 04/11/2019 21:38

I'm not keen. How about Lilia instead. (Lill-ee-ah)

LucileDuplessis · 04/11/2019 21:23

I love it.

BroomstickOfLove · 04/11/2019 21:21

I love it - it's a name that's been used in my family for generations.

MikeUniformMike · 04/11/2019 14:26

Not keen on Lila. It's a bit nothingy and similar to other names like Lily, Leila, Lyra, Isla.
Delilah is too Tom Jones.

Astronica · 04/11/2019 06:27

Lila is lovely, and possibly more popular than you think if that matters to you. I much much prefer the more streamlined Lila over the hyper-fussy sounding Delilah and (to me very dated) Leonie.

Other options: Leona, Eleanor, Louisa, Willa.

Otavis · 04/11/2019 04:24

If your idea of fun is goosing the male bar staff and a gallon of Cinzano. Grin

DramaAlpaca · 04/11/2019 00:34

Lila is a bit sort of, insubstantial, next to Gabrielle. Delilah is fabulous though, and you can use Lila as a diminutive.

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Freewanderer · 03/11/2019 22:17

@otavis - she sounds rather fun though, cackling lots?😂

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Otavis · 03/11/2019 21:30

I don’t like it at all. The only one I know is a hard-bitten, chain-smoking bottle-blonde B and B owner who cackles a lot, and I can’t help imagining a baby Lila sucking on a Woodbine and propping up the bar.

MissHenty · 03/11/2019 21:19

Pretty sure the next generation won’t have heard of Tom Jones let alone his song Delilah

Plus... the name is far more mainstream now, it’s just crept into the top 100 names (it’s pretty far down the list though), Keira Knightley’s baby daughter has just been called Delilah- l LOVE it so much x

diddlediddle · 03/11/2019 21:14

I think Lila is beautiful 👍🏼

Wheat2Harvest · 03/11/2019 21:14

I love the name Delilah but it will always be associated with the Tom Jones song which some people consider has dodgy lyrics.

user1493494961 · 03/11/2019 21:07

Not keen on the Lila, Lola, Luna fad.

Isbutteracarb · 03/11/2019 21:00

I know a Lila (Lie-lah) who also gets called Lilia by friends (Lily-ah) - I think it's a lovely name.

miamiibiza · 03/11/2019 20:29

I love Delilah ❤️
Go for that, with Lila for short. Beautiful

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