Lila

[Freewanderer]

Is this a nice name? My dh likes it and I think I do but I’m not really sure I’ve come across it much. What do you think when you hear it?
I’ve already got a Gabrielle but am really struggling to think of names I like (boys or girls).
Tia

DramaAlpaca really? I'm 44 but have never heard of those. Nor has my mum. Was that in the U.K.?

I think it was a Tesco own brand. Who'd want to be named after a Tesco Tampon?

Sorry OP; the whole Lila/Lyla/Laylee/Layly/Laylie/Lilo/Lola name thing is the Chloe of its generation, imo. Initially fine but doomed by its own popularity to become a bit meh. Ditto the something(Chloe?Lila?)-hyphen- May/Mae/Mai/Mia phenomenon.

No don’t be sorry. Thank you for your opinions. That’s what I wanted. Honesty.

I like it. I know a young Lila pronounced Lie-la and my grandmother was Lill-a. I like both versions.

I prefer Lyra, for the literary connection, to Lila, but don't dislike it.

Love Gabrielle, and think Lila does seem a bit more mainstream so I'd go braver as a sibling for Gabrielle.

Yes, maybe you’re right re a name that sounds a bit bolder/braver. I’m really rubbish though and can’t think of many I like. Love French names though! Also like Georgia/Georgina/Georgiana, but dh not keen.
Should do what my sister did and just let her oh name the baby, as she didn’t mind much.