Laila and Ophelia

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i love the name Ophelia but my DH doesnt like it

we had chose the name Laila if Ds was a girl

im pregnant with DC2 what do people think of Laila ? i wish i could convince DH about Ophelia

Convince your DH! Ophelia is beautifil. Laila is ok but not a patch on Ophelia!

Love Ophelia - classic, beautiful and not overused.
I'm less keen on Laila/Layla.

Ophelia is gorgeous Laila is chavvy.

Ophelia Fanny is the name of the future baby daughter of Kate and Wills.

Ophelia sounds and looks lovely but to me also has the tragic Hamlet connotations. Laila is gorgeous.

thats why my DH doesnt like it because of the Hamlet story

i doubt ill convince him

i had to read that a few times there Echo ha ha

Love Ophelia not so keen on Laila sorry.

Do you have any other contenders at all??

no not at the moment , still got lots of time to decide and im open to suggestions

i like names that are a little unusual

I like Laila because of the ancient Persian poem "Layla and Majnun"; some scholars think it was the inspiration for Romeo and Juliet. "Layla in beauty, softness, grace/Surpassed the loveliest of her race." And so on.

Ophelia is poncey

Ophelia is a lovely, feminine name.

Laila has become chavvy.

I prefer Laila to Ophelia.

What do you think of Lyra?

Another vote for Ophelia - elegant, feminine and not used that widely.

Not keen on Laila at all, I'm afraid.

Ophelia is a very tragic, pathetic character. As pretty as the name is, I would never name my daughter after a character that killed herself over a man!

Laila sounds a bit smutty to me. Sorry.

Lillia, Lila, Ottilie, Seraphine , Josephine, Clementine,