Decision between Delia and Linnet?

[Zeldamoo]

DH and I can't decide which we like best...both are really pretty and our final choice.

Linnet, but I betcha everybody else prefers Delia

Linnet is fab.

Linnet. Lovely.

linnet? how is that pronounced? i think it sounds like a dairy manufacturing by-product...

Linnet

Linnet but will get spelled Lynette a lot.

Love Linnet. Children of Green Knowe. Fab!

I may be biased but I'd go for Linnet

Is Linnet pronounced like Lynette?
If so, is there a reason you'd not spell it the more conventional way ?
Do you live in UK?
If I saw Linnet on a register, I would be wondering if it was one of those names that doesn't sound like it's written (to my English ears / with my English spelling) you know, like Roisin or Padriag.

don't, please go for Linnet on the grounds that most people prefer it to Delia, which is a name most associated with an efficient but dull cook.

Clearly in the minority thus far, but I like Delia, alone or as a nn for Cordelia.

My sister is called Linnet and she's always had people complimenting her name. Although biased I think it's much nicer than Delia :)

Linnet? As in the bird? Or lynette? Lynette is inoffensive. Linnet would just be silly.

I love Linnet, mainly because Children of Green Knowe was one of my favourite books growing up.

I love Linnet and prefer it to Delia. I don't like Lynette. :)

I like Delia out of those choices. Not keen on Linnett (has old lady connotation to me)...but Linnea (a northern european name..i think swedish or something) is pretty.

How about Delilah?

It is pronounced LIN-IT. And yes I also love it because of the Children of Green Knowe books! Seems the s more popular than Delia. Nice to get some feedback!

dont like either of them, sorry

Linnet was always on my mental baby name list growing up, as another Green Knowe fan! It's beautiful, but I went massively off it when I realised everyone would confuse it with Lynette, which I think is hideous. Love the idea of other people going for it and having little Linnets though.
Delia's my friend's mum's name, so I have to work quite hard to picture it on a child, but it could be quite sweet...not a patch on Linnet though.

Much prefer Delia (I can just hear the school chants of 'bin it, linnet')

Love Linnet because of its Green Knowe and bird connections. It sounds simple, fresh and pretty - my only reservation would be the possible confusion with Lynette.

Delia's OK - I know a lovely four-year-old one - but it sounds a little old-fashioned/middle aged to me.

Prefer Linnet (my fantasy twin girls were always Linnet and Wren!) but I would suggest it depends on your surname. If it begins with A for example I would avoid Delia.

I LOVE Linnet :) I wish I could use it but it just doesn't go with our surname at ALL.

I prefer Delia, much prettier.