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Delilah

35 replies

Grimmfebruary · 08/09/2017 12:38

What's wrong with it?!

When I said I was considering, I was asked 'do you want her to be bullied'...

I personally think it's lovely.

Awaiting plain white t's/Tom jones/Samson and Delilah/st Delilah who is apparently the saint for postitutes jokes.

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Mama1980 · 08/09/2017 17:48

One of my nieces is called Delilah, I love it she goes by lil or lilah though usually.

Mollie85 · 08/09/2017 18:34

I never used to like it but there is a really sweet YouTuber called Rhiannon and she has a one year old Delilah and she's a wee dote, so yeah - Grin

I do prefer Della though Smile

Level75 · 08/09/2017 19:08

I know a little Delilah. Great name.

Joinourclub · 08/09/2017 19:26

Great name.

bellaboo101 · 08/09/2017 22:45

Hey there Delilah what's it like in New York City.... that's the song I think about not Tom jones.

I think it's a beautiful name

MissAlabamaWhitman · 08/09/2017 22:50

My Delilah was named as both myself and OH like the 'white tees' song.

Tom Jones? We're not relics.

MissAlabamaWhitman · 08/09/2017 22:54

I'm Catholic, I also have a Magdalene.

Obvs a fan of biblical women of disrepute....
It's ok though my sons are Eden and Raphael (paradise and an archangel which belies my love of whores)

Grimmfebruary · 08/09/2017 23:10

MissAlabama your name choices are beautiful! I love them!

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MammieBear · 09/09/2017 09:04

It's a pity that so many lovely names get bad press because of the original story in the Bible, if you love it use it anyway regardless of what other people say, you can always shorten it to lilah.

pear123 · 09/09/2017 11:10

My mum did a samilar thing.
She gave my 3 brothers names of good characters in the bible. though she wasn't overly religious.
Me, her only daughter, she gave a name of a woman viewed negatively

My brothers were so pleased to talk about their names.
I was not.
I often complained to my mum why she didn't give me a nice special name like my brothers.
Me and my mum never got on so well, but she's close with my brothers. Maybe that's why it annoyed me so much.

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