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?

I love the name and we considered it for our first daughter but agreed that we couldn't get past the song - we'd be forever singing it!

How about:

Jemima
Philippa
Dorothea
Dinah

I like it. I know of a sibset called Delilah and Tallulah!

How about Lydia or Dolores or Jemima?They have the same singsong sound as Delilah without the evil connotations. Mind you, Aunt Lydia might have scuppered that one.

Love.

Women are treated abominably in the bible and in antiquity generally. There’s some evidence she was originally a moon goddess with a misogynist rewrite.

I do family history research and saw the name just this week (after reading this thread!) used in England early 1800s. It's not newly adopted.

It's a really horrible name.