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What about this unheard of girls name?

43 replies

Amelia786 · 09/06/2021 19:12

DH loves the name Rilian for DD - I'm not convinced. I like that it's bold and unusual though.

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SoupDragon · 10/06/2021 12:03

I actually don't mind it at all. Better than some of the dodgy names bandied about on this board!

RestingPandaFace · 10/06/2021 12:01

It’s a boys name isn’t it?

MadeOfStarStuff · 10/06/2021 12:00

Narnian Prince was my first thought

I wouldn’t saddle a child with a completely unknown name

IsFuzzyBeagMise · 10/06/2021 10:33

There are nicer names, really. Rilla, Rhiannon or Gillian, as others have mentioned.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 10/06/2021 10:32

if you use it you could name her siblings Brilian and Grazillian

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 10/06/2021 10:30

sorry, no
it sounds like a medicine

mammmamia · 10/06/2021 10:28

Lilian is much nicer

Chilldonaldchill · 10/06/2021 10:22

I also would assume it's a boy's name based on the CS Lewis books.
Rilla is very sweet. In the AoGG books it is short for Marilla but I think you could get away with its being a name in its own right.

Leeloo1233 · 10/06/2021 10:13

You could use Rilla instead?

PattyPan · 10/06/2021 10:10

Sounds like an alien species!

Bluntness100 · 10/06/2021 09:56

It immediately made me think of marillion, the band from the eighties.

Isn’t an unheard of name a made up name?

bridgetreilly · 10/06/2021 09:56

How about Rilla instead?

CherryonBiscuit · 10/06/2021 09:17

Sounds a bit like a disease to me not sure why

partyatthepalace · 10/06/2021 07:54

@Bouledeneige

I had a bad case of it last year. Antibiotics got rid of it.
Grin
partyatthepalace · 10/06/2021 07:54

It makes me think Gillian, Marillion, Million etc - don’t think any of these are attractive words so would be a no from me.

Bouledeneige · 10/06/2021 03:19

I had a bad case of it last year. Antibiotics got rid of it.

avamiah · 10/06/2021 03:02

Sounds ridiculous

Newcastleteacake · 10/06/2021 02:05

Sounds like Trillian from HHGTTG. If you are a scifi buff it will suit.

But before you give them an unusual name just remember they are going to have to repeat it and spell it out for the rest of their life, and that gets very frustrating.

FurrySlipperBoots · 10/06/2021 01:46

What about Rhiannon?

HeronLanyon · 10/06/2021 01:06

Reminds me of Rhyddian (sp?!) so I’d assume it is a boy at first. Also Rhyll.
Not fond at all.

Marcipex · 10/06/2021 01:03

Rilian, Caspian, Corin; the rather weedy Narnian Prince names.
Really not great.

RickiTarr · 09/06/2021 20:38

It sounds techy.

Aquamarine1029 · 09/06/2021 20:37

Ritalin. Sorry, no.

VenusClapTrap · 09/06/2021 20:36

Hmm. No.

mnahmnah · 09/06/2021 20:36

Sounds like either a Game of Thrones character or something on the periodic table. But they could be good things Grin

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