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Eden or Tallula?

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nuthacuppatea · 14/09/2008 21:58

After my partner shunning all 50 names on my list (except Tallula) and after me cringing at his few offerings (except Eden) we are now down to these 2 names.I love them both. Just don't know which way to go. So here I am.......

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Sycamoretree · 18/09/2008 13:54

Eden .

Tallulah - no offence, but I think of the hussy in Bugsy Malone.

AussieLou · 18/09/2008 13:48

I loved the name Tallulah but then heard about the case in New Zealand where a 13 year old girl took her parents to court to have her name legally changed as they had named her Tallulah Does The Hula In Hawaii.
I kid you not.
Daughter won.
Not to sure about Eden though. Sounds a lot like Eatin'.

Jojay · 16/09/2008 18:49

Tallula. gorgeous

Cloudhopper · 16/09/2008 18:47

I like the name Eden. It used to be very unusual but is gaining in popularity.

I like Talulla as well.

I find it really scary that people make such strong class judgements about names. I hate the class system anyway, but to hear someone describing a baby's name as 'chavvy' is really sad.

The reality is that if you met someone with an incredibly posh accent and private school education with that name it would be judged as acceptable. Sometimes the 'chav' thing reminds me of the propaganda that Hitler put out about Jews - go to the Imperial War Museum and look at the Holocaust exhibition.

A bit strong maybe, but the working class are being de-humanised. It wouldn't be acceptable to do the same on race or any other basis.

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nuthacuppatea · 16/09/2008 18:41

Origin and Meaning of the Name Tallulah

Gender:Girl

Origin:Gaelic

Meaning:Abundance, lady, princess

Pronunciationtah LOO lah)

AND THEN.....
The girl's name Tallulah \t(a)-llu-lah\ is of choctaw origin, and its meaning is "leaping water". Also possibly derived from a Gaelic name meaning "fruitful woman".

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nuthacuppatea · 16/09/2008 18:36

Origin and Meaning of the Name Eden

Gender:Both

Origin:Hebrew

Meaning:Delight

PronunciationEH dehn); (EE den)

Biblical, Canadian, American, English, Hebrew

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seeker · 16/09/2008 00:20

Eden pronounced Eh-den for a boy is actually an ancient Celtic name Aiden!

KAEKAE · 16/09/2008 00:10

TBH I don't think it matters how you spell it, from my experience people can never spell it anyway! lol!

Mamazon · 15/09/2008 22:41

I love them both.

Lunette · 15/09/2008 22:33

Tallulah.

teddycat · 15/09/2008 22:30

i love tallulah but the song always pops into my head - "my name is tallulah my first rule ofthumb" (i love that film) but i seriously do like it, also like lula. Also i dont think anyway younger than 30 would think of bugsy malone.

BabyBaby123 · 15/09/2008 22:20

Eden - Tallulah reminds me of the chicken thing on Maisy

SparklyGothKat · 15/09/2008 19:55

we pronounce it 'EeDen' For Ds2's middle name

nooka · 15/09/2008 19:47

Surely Eh-den is actually Aiden?

RustyBear · 15/09/2008 19:33

Well, both the Edens I know (my sister's BIL & DD's ex-bf)pronounce it like the paradise.

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nuthacuppatea · 15/09/2008 19:22

I think it's pronounced Ee- den for a girl and Eh-den fo a boy. It's def' unisex though which could be handy if they got the scan wrong...Eden George...yes quite like that

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hecate · 15/09/2008 19:16

It is more commonly a boy's name, but sometimes people use it for a girl.

norkmaiden · 15/09/2008 19:16

Eden

RustyBear · 15/09/2008 19:10

Both the Edens I know are boys - they are 28 & 19 - when did it become a girl's name, or is it unisex?

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nuthacuppatea · 15/09/2008 19:05

Oh look I can't spell Hawaiai, Hawai, haiwai.I'm having a block!!!

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nuthacuppatea · 15/09/2008 19:02

true. It's certainly not boring!I didn't tell anyone my first daughters name till she was born but the expression on certain peoples faces has left it's mark, I tried not to let their comments put a mark on such a beautiful occasion. This time I thought I'd get all that out of the way first.From my research Tallula is not a mispelling of Talullah, it is an alternative spelling as is Talula. The later being the spelling that the insane people who called their daughter 'Talula does the hula from Hawiai'used...I still can't get over that!

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nooka · 15/09/2008 18:47

Baby names threads would be very boring if everyone just said yes or no. I thought the idea was to gauge how people would react in RL? Having said that I'm more for making your mind up and then not telling everyone until the baby is born myself.

I think that Tallulah is more flexible with shortenings etc. I don't agree with misspelling names for the sake of shortenings though. As to which first, I think that depends on how the names sound with your surname.

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nuthacuppatea · 15/09/2008 18:36

And yes we have been to that big dome thingy and it was a brilliant beautiful day out.

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nuthacuppatea · 15/09/2008 18:33

Well thanks for all your comments. I agree with lou33, a simple yes or no would suffice. I don't think more or less of either name after reading some of these comments . They are still both my favourites. I think I'll just have to have both..which way round though?

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twinsetandpearls · 15/09/2008 14:02

eden

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