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Is Tallulah really that bad?

65 replies

kizzibear · 19/02/2011 10:54

what do you think?

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ValLongstreet · 19/02/2011 10:54

I really don't like it.

Violethill · 19/02/2011 10:55

Not the worst name, but certainly not one of the best, either

Trinaluce · 19/02/2011 10:57

Depends if you're intending to make her middle names 'Does The Hula From Hawaii'

Tuschinski · 19/02/2011 10:57

yes

DrSpechemin · 19/02/2011 11:02

yes - don't do it

kizzibear · 19/02/2011 11:04

no obv not to those middle names!

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HeartShapedValiumSandwich · 19/02/2011 11:23

I don't like it myself. But then I like names like Eloise and Juliet just to put it in to context for you.

But actually it's a bit more than that. There's something a bit sexualised/slebby about it.

Saying that, if my parents had called me Tallulah I'd shorten it to Tal and life would go on I'm sure.

COCKadoodledooo · 19/02/2011 11:26

I know one and she is just gorgeous. Suits her. But then her siblings have unusual/fairly bohemian names too. She's mostly Lu or Lula though.

theagedparent · 19/02/2011 11:33

I have a Tallulah, it's a lovely name x

geisha · 19/02/2011 11:35

Love it. Also love Tabitha but have been banned from using that name if DC3 is a girl.

plantsitter · 19/02/2011 11:35

I know a Tallulah and she's cool, and cute, and takes no prisoners. Her name really suits her I think.

flower38 · 19/02/2011 11:38

Don't like sorry

OliveMalay · 19/02/2011 11:54

I like it :)

tallulah · 19/02/2011 11:59

No Grin Grin Grin

kizzibear · 19/02/2011 12:08

well its her name so oh well!

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cocoachannel · 19/02/2011 12:19

It reminds me of Bugsy Malone and particularly Tallulah's song.

m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=GB#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=rOm0UqVwYSA

Love it!

BelligerentGhoul · 19/02/2011 12:21

Yes - it's bad. And she will need training in North Carolina.

BelligerentGhoul · 19/02/2011 12:22

Oh, you've already named her? Why are you asking?

Lucyintheskywithdiazepam · 19/02/2011 12:23

It's not awful...unless your surname is Bell.

kizzibear · 19/02/2011 12:24

because shes not registred yet!

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BelligerentGhoul · 19/02/2011 12:26

Do YOU like it? That's really all that matters, you know! :)

TondelayoSchwarzkopf · 19/02/2011 12:27

It's a great name. Tallulah Bankhead was an awesome woman (if not a role model) - great actress, great wit.

SE13Mummy · 19/02/2011 12:35

Tallulah is the chicken in the Maisy books. That's what the name makes me think of but then again, I do know of a 6-year-old whose middle name is Tallulah for precisely that reason...

OliveMalay · 19/02/2011 12:37

The chicken in the Maisy books is a perfectly nice Tallulah though :)

4madboys · 19/02/2011 12:44

i like it, i know a lovely little girl called tallulah and we almost named our dd tallulah :) if you like it go for it :)

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