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Lila

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MumtoLila · 25/03/2008 15:12

Just thought I would tell you that my DD is called Lila and I think it is a fab name. I just thought I'd post as people are always asking for ideas and I always want to say Lila but don't as it is a relatively uncommon name and would identify me.

So I thought I would name change just the once to give you all the benefit of my good taste

Feel free to use it!

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Ledodgy · 25/03/2008 22:05

Love Eve, Jack, Tom and Lila. Damn it even passes the card test. Now I feel like i'm missing out if I don't have a little Lila in the future.

Heated · 25/03/2008 22:01

At nursery there is a Lilah and a Lilac and also know of a little girl called Delilah, nn Lila

It's a pretty name.

Ledodgy · 25/03/2008 21:58

If I was to have a fourth child (which i'm not) and it was a girl i'd call her lila I love it! Is it the eqivelent of Eve in legends? I have an Eve already!

sophierosie · 25/03/2008 21:57

My dd is Olivia and when she was little used to call herself lila (pronounced lee-la). She saw some video footage of herself the other day and loved that she called herself a different name - I used to love calling her Lila!

WelliesAndPyjamas · 25/03/2008 21:57

it's my mother's name

and yes, you have excellent taste

it's of arabic origin, I believe

Other versions are Leyla/Lejla and Layla/Lajla (both very very popoular for girls over here at the moment).
Another very pretty name along the same lines I hear sometimes here is Delila (pronounced De-lil-a) and which if pronounced in the way we are used to (De-lie-la, as in the Tom Jones song) means something entirely different: a drunked waste of space!

ja9 · 25/03/2008 21:55

love it!

Piffle · 25/03/2008 21:54

I love lila as a name

pootleflump · 25/03/2008 21:51

There's a Lila in dd's ballet class, I wondered whether it was a shortening for something else. It's very pretty.

slinkiemalinki · 25/03/2008 17:12

Lovely name although shame Kate Moss got there first.

wheresthehamster · 25/03/2008 16:18

I love it. Isn't Lila the equivalent of Eve in some stories and legends?

dizzydixies · 25/03/2008 16:10

its kate moss' daughters name

pn lie-la as in lilo but with an 'a'

artichokes · 25/03/2008 16:05

Do you pronouce it Lie-la or Lil-a?

alfiesbabe · 25/03/2008 16:02

Haven't heard of it before so definitely ticks the unusual box!

dizzydixies · 25/03/2008 15:58

I think its very much up there with Lola, Lily etc at the moment

all equally pretty imo

Radley · 25/03/2008 15:50

Never heard of it to be honest, but I love it, I also have Elizabeth as the middle name to one of my dd's.

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MumtoLila · 25/03/2008 15:44

Lila Daphne Elizabeth (after her grandma's). I've not met any others, though would love it if other people picked it (would see it as a validation of my good taste!)

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dizzydixies · 25/03/2008 15:23

I know several and also think its quite pretty

josta · 25/03/2008 15:15

Aah Lila is a beautiful name, it's very pretty and feminine.

Does Lila have a middle name?

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