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Delilah, Tallulah or Henrietta?

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itsme189 · 06/10/2021 14:49

Why is your favourite, middle name will be Kerry after my mum!

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Flowiththego · 13/10/2021 20:13

I love Delilah and Tallulah. Not keen on Henrietta at all - it's too much of a mouthful and too much like a boy's name made into a girl's.

MrsLargeEmbodied · 13/10/2021 20:10

@Palavah

I don't understand the love for Tallulah at all. It sounds ridiculous to me.
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DameAlyson · 13/10/2021 20:07

Henrietta.

Delilah makes me think of the song. A cheating woman who is killed by her lover. Not a very nice asociation. And as pp said, the Biblical character isn't very pleasant either.

PanicBuyingSprouts · 13/10/2021 19:59

Ps Henrietta is lovely but where I am - SE London some people drop their 't' so is doesn't sound so attractive being shouted across the playground

Where we are it’s the H’s that get dropped. As much as I love the name I decided that I wasn’t as fond of ‘enrietta.

SugarPlum10 · 13/10/2021 12:04

Vote for Delilah from me. Delilah Kerry sounds lovely.

Cantstopthewaves · 13/10/2021 11:19

Love Delilah. Pretty but cool.
Henrietta isn't to my taste and reminds me of Horrid Henry.
Tallulah is just a big NO.

Edenember · 13/10/2021 11:10

Henrietta. Hettie and Etta are both lovely.

millzcrawf · 07/10/2021 23:29

I love the name Hettie however not a fan of Henrietta sorry 😩

I really love tallulah and this has so many different nn variants such as lula, tallie, lulu 🤍

Glassofshloer · 07/10/2021 19:33

Delilah, by a country mile - love it.

Henrietta is quite ‘horsey’ and twee.

Tallulah is a bit naff.

allsorts1 · 07/10/2021 19:22

Henrietta is the best!

TatianaBis · 07/10/2021 18:27

Delilah by miles. Don't like DeeDee, but like Lila. The Delilah I know is called Lula for short.

Tallulah is a bit affected.

Thefaceofboe · 07/10/2021 15:29

I would LOVE to hear a baby called Henrietta! I suggested it for our 2 week old DD cos I love the nickname Etta. Gorgeous

alpinerain · 07/10/2021 11:34

Definitely Delilah! Such a beautiful name.

FAQs · 07/10/2021 11:22

I know a Tallulah who is known as Tilly. And a Henri. My vote goes for Henri.

Enko · 07/10/2021 11:11

Of then 3 Henrietta or Delilah i dislike Talulah find it a wet silly name

kissmelittleass · 07/10/2021 10:38

Tallulah is a name I've always liked just sounds beautiful, not a fan of the other names though

Balonzette · 07/10/2021 10:34

Lulu is a cute nn for Tallulah. I know 2 Tallulahs, both adults in their early 20s. One goes by Tallulah all the time, the other Lulah or Lulu but only by family.

Balonzette · 07/10/2021 10:30

ADORE Tallulah! It's so cool. Spelled without an 'h' on the end, it's also the name of a rather obscure Irish saint, I learned recently, which I also thought was cool.

I don't like Delilah. So overdone and Delilah in the bible isn't the best namesake for a little girl. I always find it odd that the name gained such popularity - one step away from calling a little girl Jezebel IMO. I can only assume the parents of Delilahs didn't really bother to research where the name came from 🤔 Henrietta I think is a little ugly, but I love the nickname Hettie so much that I think it might be worth using. My order goes:
Tallulah
Henrietta
Delilah

I don't like Kerry very much, but it doesn't sound awful if you want to use your mum's name.

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itsme189 · 07/10/2021 09:25

@FrozenoutofCostco I know everyone wont like them thats fine but I think "jesus" as if im suggesting naming my kid fridge freezer is a bit extreme these are pretty normal names haha

Thanks all!

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DariaMorgendorffer · 06/10/2021 21:55

Tallulah

Kite22 · 06/10/2021 21:54

None of them if I'm honest

Well, I do like Kerry, but none of your first name choices.

Delilah and Tallulah just start me singing (Tom Jones and Bugsy Malone) . Henrietta just starts me thinking about vacuum cleaners.

MondeoFan · 06/10/2021 21:54

I like them all. I'm no help I know

FrozenoutofCostco · 06/10/2021 21:43

Jesus...... Honestly?? None, sorry. They're all very cringeworthy in my personal opinion (which you did ask for, to be fair)

BeKindBeYou · 06/10/2021 21:41

Delilah - such a beautiful name

MyLifeNow20 · 06/10/2021 21:37

I have a 7yr old Delilah and get so many compliments. When she was a baby we called her Deedee or Dee and some family still call her that. I sometimes call her Luli, dont quite know where it came from but most of the time call her Delilah

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