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Original poster

Beau-Lilah for a girl

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w9828971 · 09/10/2025 14:09

Thoughts?

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Rosscameasdoody · 09/10/2025 19:04

OP a cautionary tale about childrens names and how cruel kids can be. I went to secondary school with a girl whose surname was Gerken. It took about two minutes for her to be nicknamed pickle.

inkognitha · 09/10/2025 19:03

Nooooooo

Rosscameasdoody · 09/10/2025 19:02

CoffeeLipstickKeys · 09/10/2025 18:43

Ram beau I see what yiu did there

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Yep - really enjoying the thread. Sorry for the OP though - she’s getting a pasting !! I can guarantee if they go ahead with the name, the child will be known at school as ‘beaunhead’ !! Kids can be cruel enough without parents supplying the ammunition for them to fire.

Starlight7080 · 09/10/2025 19:02

This has to be a joke...noone would be that cruel

lessglittermoremud · 09/10/2025 18:58

It would be better if you switched it around and changed ‘Beau’ with ‘Bo’, so Lilah-Bo if you want to use that name.
2 of my children have names that are usually used by males but I have come across 2 girls called the same, it was a little odd purely because I’m so used to associating the name with a boy but the names do work for girls.
Beau is not one of those names that’s interchangeable as it’s a masculine version of the name Belle, so you could do Lilah-Belle then when she’s older she could pick which name to choose, Lilah-Belle I think is pretty for a hyphenated name.

ParmaVioletTea · 09/10/2025 18:51

FunnysInLaJardin · 09/10/2025 14:11

pronounced like Delilah?

Why would you pronounce "beau" to rhyme with "dee" ? adding ignorance to vulgarity

ParmaVioletTea · 09/10/2025 18:49

Pronounced Bow-lie-lah

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Terrible, but I s'pose it's YoooneeeK

CoffeeLipstickKeys · 09/10/2025 18:49

CarrotCrusader · 09/10/2025 18:46

Really? Aren't Holly Willoughbys kids called Beau and Belle?

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Wouldn’t surprise me

CarrotCrusader · 09/10/2025 18:46

34ransum · 09/10/2025 14:12

Beau is the male version of Belle isn't it?

Really? Aren't Holly Willoughbys kids called Beau and Belle?

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 09/10/2025 18:44

It’s even too on the nose for an OnlyFans name!

ChimpanzeeThatMonkeyNews · 09/10/2025 18:44

It’s even too on the nose for an OnlyFans name!

CoffeeLipstickKeys · 09/10/2025 18:44

Beau -Lilah is an only fans name

Sportsdaywinner · 09/10/2025 18:43

I'm sorry but it's not to my taste. I think it looks chavvy as do all hyphenated names. The worse are the ones with -Mae or -Rose on the end. Seem to be bloody everywhere at the moment. My son's class is swarming with Lily-Roses and Ellie-Maes. Just awful.

CoffeeLipstickKeys · 09/10/2025 18:43

Rosscameasdoody · 09/10/2025 18:17

Ram Beau ?

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Ram beau I see what yiu did there

CoffeeLipstickKeys · 09/10/2025 18:40

Ok,imagine this,the court usher calls Beau Lilah name…who is stepping forward? Solicitor?Defendant?
Beau-Lilah is a crim name for a sketchy individual who loves her muvva and never did anyfink,evva

Seagullslanding · 09/10/2025 18:40

Please think twice before giving a hyphenated name. I have one and it's a nightmare filling online forms in. A lot of online sites won't recognise the hyphen . I've stressed so much over whether an on line booking will be accepted as the name isn't exactly the same as my passport

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 09/10/2025 18:36

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Idontknowhatnametochoose · 09/10/2025 18:36

Absolutely dreadful

zingally · 09/10/2025 18:35

Awful.
I can hear it being hollered across the playground now. "Brr-lie-lerrr! Get 'ere!"

AutumnedCrow · 09/10/2025 18:34

It’s all right if it’s pronounced B’mumblemumble in the modern way.

GentleJadeOP · 09/10/2025 18:33

Rosscameasdoody · 09/10/2025 18:21

One more.Beau-nhead !!

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🤣🤣🤣

GentleJadeOP · 09/10/2025 18:32

Rosscameasdoody · 09/10/2025 18:19

OK, coffee all over the screen now !! 😆

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Hollyhobbi · 09/10/2025 18:29

Filofaxforlife · 09/10/2025 14:16

Sorry OP it doesn’t work because it’s male/female. No one will use both parts of a hyphenated name so just use Lilah. Also how is Lilah pronounced is it Lie-Lar or Lil-ah or Lee-lar? Even that single name will cause you issues.

Where is the r in that name?

crumpet · 09/10/2025 18:27

MidnightPatrol · 09/10/2025 18:17

My my myyyy - beau-lilah

Why why whyyyy - beau-lilah

So before they come to break down the door

Forgive me, beau-lilah, I just couldn't take any more

Ha - I immediately thought of that song!

Notthatgameagain · 09/10/2025 18:26

Poor Op getting absolutely hammered! 😂 Sorry Op but it's not good