Tallis

[thegreylady]

A new child at dgd’s School is called Tallis. I have never heard it before. What do you think?

It is a little girl. Her older brother has an even more unusual name often mentioned here but it could be outing to give it.

I like it (because I like Thomas Tallis) and it's a bit like the Welsh boy's name Taliesin, which I also like.

Like.

I like it!

Phallus. Seriously I must be juvenile because that's what appeared in my mind...

But I like Tallis.

Her older brother has an even more unusual name often mentioned here

Even more unusual than Tallis, which I have never heard as a given name in my life? But mentioned often on Mumsnet…. Is he called Balonz?!

I assumed it was transferred surname name - my DBro follows the Tallis Scholars avidly

I think it works ok as a first name

Balonz! It never ever gets old

Ah the wondrous Thomas Tallis - his music is just so evocative of the Tudor era in which he lived. Whenever I listen to it I am transported back to the courts of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.

Then there is the great homage to Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Never heard Tallis used as a Christian name before, but I rather like it. I wonder if her parents are fans.

All I hear is the French train service - spelled ‘Thalys’

Thanks for the reminder jitters - I meant Fantasia; Variations is the version for Brass Band (possibly my favourite piece ever to play on euphonium).

It's a Jewish prayer shawl to me!

Not the worst I've heard but im not too keen, reminds me of the European train company Thalys.

Is the older brother named Shofar?

Any Jewish person (including me) would find the name Tallis super weird, bordering on bizarre. It’s fhe word for a particular shawl thing that is for many people quite central to the practice of Judaism. It’s also called tallit but tallis is just as common.

I actually love it. It makes me think of Atonement though.

Talisman...

Nah.