Delilah

[Sleepinglemon]

I love the name Delilah, and am not particularly bothered about the biblical reference personally. But I always try to think what would someone think if they got an email or a CV from the name I'm thinking about. Would you wonder why her parents named her after a biblical temptress?

Are there any similar names with less negative connotations?

It's the Tom Jones song that wouid put me off more than the Bible story.

Other names: Lillian, Gloria, Dorothy, Denise, Janice, Judith, Gillian

why, why, WHY..... Delilah! da dee da dee da dee da. My my MY Delilah!

I have no idea who she is in the bible.

Quite like it as a name but personally I would always be itching to burst into song.

Just lilah?

Thanks for the responses. Should have said, I don't mind the Tom Jones reference at all. As a Welsh person that's almost a plus!

@Queenoftheashes thanks. I do like Lilah, just don't love it.

It is less remarkable than Jezebel imo!

I quite like it.

Other names that spring to mind:

Lydia
Dinah
Tabitha
Tallulah (spelling?)

LOVE Delilah. So pretty and unusual.

I think it would be great. It feels like the time is right for it, somehow.

Delilah seems to be really rising in popularity. I very much doubt anybody is going to be making bible references by the time they are old enough to be writing a CV because it will be a fairly well used name.
(I have a Delilah)

I think it’s a lovely name and would never think like that. So many lovely names have terrible meanings, or origins and I’d never really think of them.

It was briefly on our list before I realised it really didn’t work with our surname. I also struggled knowing that at some point I’d inevitably end up getting exasperated with her and say “why, why, why Delilah?!”

One of my favourite songs is 'Hey There Delilah' by The Plain White Ts, that's what springs to my mind.

Lovely name

@RosemaryRemember love Tallulah! DH says it sounds like a stripper name. 😕

Ah yes nothing better than to name a child after the female Judas / character on whom all the negative stereotypes of foreigners was attributed. Just because a name is in the Bible doesn’t make it appropriate. You might as well name her Luciferina!

Love Delilah such a pretty name.

Tallulah
Scarlett
Savannah
Alessa
Vivienne
Paloma
Vaeda
Avianna
Larosa

@Teddybear45 sold! Luciferina it is!

I love the name but wouldn't use it because of the Tom Jones song/domestic violence association.

I work with a Delilah and have never wondered if she was named after the biblical Delilah. I assume her parents just loved the name. And it is a beautiful name, the only thing that would give me pause would be wondering how often someone would sing one of the Delilah songs at her (esp. the Tom Jones one). I might ask Delilah next time I see her!

Judith chopped off Holofernes head but I don't think people have the same reservations with that name as they do with Delilah.

Lovely name! Go for it!

@PinkieTuscadero I just read about biblical Judith and now I feel better, thank you!

I love Delilah

I don’t like it. Biblical Temptress is glamorising it, really. She’s more an archetype of evil- a deceiver, a betrayer, a type of Judas or Satan. Though you can blame the patriarchy, no doubt, for her portrayal in literature and art. If you like the sound, Tallulah is better.

I know a baby Delilah! I love it. Nobody really cares about the biblical reference do they? The Delilah I know gets Lilah for short.

Delilah's a great name, I love it!