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Talulah

33 replies

LoreleiPorelei · 24/12/2018 03:11

Or Tallulah? What do you think of this name? I adore it but my mum says it's a stripper name. I know two Tallulah's, one in her twenties and one in her teens. Both are lovely, sweet girls from cool arty families and I think this has made me unable to see the stripper thing? The only famoie Tallulah's I can think of are Riley and Willis and neither of them is stripper-ish either. Am I the only one who has positive connotations with this name? Works beautifully with my husband's culture as well and we were keen for a name that would work in both cultures.

Probably go for something more classic as a middle name like Violet or Beatrice. Would this work?

Thoughts, anyone?

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DramaAlpaca · 24/12/2018 03:15

Tallulah Does the Hula...

It's not for me, and I don't think of it as a particularly classy name, but if you like it that's all that matters.

Lovingbenidorm · 24/12/2018 03:27

Talulah?
Sorry an absolute no from me, it’s awful
Patricia the Stripper?
Violet and Beatrice I love

ElizabethMainwaring · 24/12/2018 03:27

I just think of Jodie Foster's character in Bugsy Malone and the song she sings - 'my name is Tallulah'.

Lovingbenidorm · 24/12/2018 03:28

Btw have you ever seen Bugsy Malone?!

Lovingbenidorm · 24/12/2018 03:28

So sorry Elizabeth xpost

RedDwarves · 24/12/2018 08:28

I love Tallulah (this spelling, as it is the correct one). But I think we're going to be in the minority, OP.

Tony2 · 24/12/2018 08:38

Tallulah Bankhead is the famous one, and a helluva character.

Neverunderfed · 24/12/2018 08:49

Not a fan tbh...not very 'classy'. I know one 8 year old Tallulah, she hates it.

In my head I find myself singing "my name is Tallulah" a la Bugsy whenever I think of her.

canibehereifimnotamum · 24/12/2018 09:01

I love it

n0ne · 24/12/2018 09:07

I know a baby Tallulah! I really like it

abcriskringle · 24/12/2018 09:12

I have taught 3 girls called Tallulah over the last couple of years. I like it!

KellyMarieTunstall2 · 24/12/2018 09:15

Mine name is Tallulah...... The song from Bugsy Malone, it's a no from me.

Girlundercover · 24/12/2018 09:17

I like it but would never use it.

Also like Tabitha maybe.

Neverunderfed · 24/12/2018 09:20

I just can't imagine a grown up Tallulah. Maybe she'd shorten it to Lulu or Tally

WereYouHareWhenIWasFox · 24/12/2018 09:20

I love Tallulah, I know 3!

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 24/12/2018 09:21

Ridiculous

81Byerley · 24/12/2018 09:22

I love it!

BikeRunSki · 24/12/2018 09:25

I rather like it, although i associate it immediately with Bugsy Malone. I know a 7 yo Tallulah, known as Lula.

mabelstanley · 24/12/2018 09:50

I like it Smile

Twisique · 24/12/2018 10:29

As a sibling for Lorelei or to change her name to?

Sophronia · 24/12/2018 23:51

I like it!

Honeybee79 · 25/12/2018 20:15

I always think of Bugsy Malone too. I wouldn't.

Stormwhale · 25/12/2018 20:18

I loved it before I fell pregnant. Now I am I hate it and I can't work it out. It was definitely at the top of my list, but now it just sounds cheap.

CloserIAm2Fine · 25/12/2018 20:20

I really like it but I do think of the song from Bugsy Malone

Belindabauer · 26/12/2018 10:51

Awful.