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Lilith

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FrancescaJade1 · 22/06/2022 08:12

Hi, I am due soon and have chosen the name of my baby. She is going to be called Lilith. My parents have basically said if I call her that, then there is no way she can be baptised as it is demonic. I know the origins of the name, but don't see why it is an issue. Her other name will be Rebekkah....so compromise. Am I actually making a mistake ?

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MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 23/06/2022 09:23

I wouldn’t personally. There are so many names to pick why would you saddle them with something like that?

quietnightmare · 23/06/2022 09:20

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quietnightmare · 23/06/2022 09:20

Rebekkah is beautiful, glad you have chosen it. Naming a newborn baby after the woman who is real simple for SIDS is a no from me

SausageAndCash · 23/06/2022 09:17

Good call in dropping Lilith, OP. Rebekah is better. Lovely name.

The biblical / Jewish spelling usually only had one k I think?

EvelynParker · 23/06/2022 09:16

@Kanaloa

I'm sorry but I have to disagree. With the names children are being saddled with these days I can't imagine anyone would bat an eyelid at Lilith.

ChagSameachDoreen · 23/06/2022 09:13

Dreadful. It's the name every middle-aged "rebel spirit" hippie woman has as her screen name.

tobi21 · 23/06/2022 09:10

@Kanaloa

If you are not of religious background why should it be an issue? It's just a name. The OPs situation is different if it could potentially stop her child being baptised, but from a non religious household like myself I don't see why my child couldn't have that name. Plenty of children have "out there" names these days are they all going to end up nowhere in life?
And for the record I don't like that name because it is "edgy" or "different" I like it because I think it's a pretty sounding name.

chocolatenutcase · 23/06/2022 09:09

I love the name and thought about it for my DD who's now 18. But the demonic meaning behind it put me off. I see my kids now looking up the meaning of their name and comparing. If your DD did that you might get the question "why did you call me that when it means this...." and even more so if they have a sibling with a name that means something lovely.

Kanaloa · 23/06/2022 09:04

tobi21 · 23/06/2022 08:53

I actually love the name and want it if I ever have a daughter. Sod what other people think

Yes but I suppose the thing is it’s not you who has to deal with what ‘other people think.’ It’s your child. Picking an ‘edgy’ name is oh so cool because you aren’t the 23 year old Tesco’s employee called Lilith who has to explain why you sound like a character in Supernatural every 5 minutes. Pick a name that serves your child properly, not one that you think is edgy but you don’t need to cope with.

Rebekkah is a gorgeous name. Not many of them about nowadays. There’s also so many Lilly names you could go with - plain old Lily, Lillian, Liliana etc.

tobi21 · 23/06/2022 08:53

I actually love the name and want it if I ever have a daughter. Sod what other people think

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FrancescaJade1 · 23/06/2022 07:39

I'm calling her Rebekkah....thanks for your comments.

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janeseymour78 · 23/06/2022 00:42

You cannot call your child Lilith. Come on!

peaceinourtime · 23/06/2022 00:19

Lilith as a name isn't good. Rebekkah spelt at way as a middle name is just as a bad. Rebekkah-KKK

Thinkingblonde · 22/06/2022 23:19

My niece has named her baby Lilith, I had no idea of the meaning of the name. I thought it was a nod to her mother, the babies grandmother, Elizabeth.
I think it is a lovely name,

User6761 · 22/06/2022 23:01

I associate it with Frasier.

Lillian is nicer I think. Or Elspeth, Ruth or Beth if it's the 'th' sound at the end you like?

rickandmorts · 22/06/2022 22:24

I love the name and had absolutely no idea of the negative connotations!

Enko · 22/06/2022 22:19

I love Lilith as a name but it will out some off. However I met a young Lucider fairly recently so compared Lilith is mild

If you love it go for.it imo

Titsflyingsouth · 22/06/2022 22:07

To be honest, I would avoid. Not only does it have a contentious meaning, but it's also a difficult sound to get your tongue around. Lillian is an easier alternative IMO...

Luredbyapomegranate · 22/06/2022 20:40

Well firstly, I don't think many people are that familiar with her, it's not like being called Jezebel

Secondly she's being reclaimed a bit I think (by Christian and Jewish feminists) as an independent female symbol who wouldn't put up with being sidelined in Eden etc, and has been unfairly, um, demonised, as a result of that

So I'd use it if you want, or although I personally wouldn't because it's lispy and hard to say

FrownedUpon · 22/06/2022 18:14

No, surely the connotations put you off naming your daughter that? I would think it really weird or ignorant if someone called their baby that.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 22/06/2022 18:07

It’s a beautiful name.

Avoiding because it’s the name of an ex-wife from a 90s television would be most odd.

MrsOwainGlyndŵr · 22/06/2022 18:01

I love it! Though I find the ls and the th quite difficult to say so close together.

clarepetal · 22/06/2022 17:54

I think it's lovely

Yorkshireteabags · 22/06/2022 17:54

I wouldnt. Think of school and other kids

rnsaslkih · 22/06/2022 17:53

I would just use Lily. Very similar sound but worlds apart re connotations.

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