Dahlia or Rose?

[maryautumn]

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Rose. Only one way of saying it.
Dahlia can be Dah-lia or Day-lia.

Dahlia, Rose is boring.

Rose

@KirstenBlest

Rose. Only one way of saying it. Dahlia can be Dah-lia or Day-lia.

This.

Rose is better.

And you'll get people stretching it to 3 syllables
Dahl-ee-ah and Daily-ah.

Rose might get Rosie, Rosemary etc

Rose

I adore the beautiful, very elegant Dahlia but pp are right - because it isn't used that often, the pronunciation will vary between "Day -lee- ah", "Dah- lee -ah", "Dayl -yuh", and "Dahl-yuh". Only you know whether this will annoy you (and potentially your DD).

Rose is the safe option - simple, classic, pretty, everyone knows how to say and spell it. Depends on whether you want a name that stands out (in good way imo) or blends in more?

Rose is lovely
Dahlia will be a pronunciation pain.

Delilah is nice though... or Diana?

Rose.

What can I tell you?

Neither.

I actually like

Dahlia Rose as a name.

Although you will have problems with prop Lucia toon as I don't know actual way and said

Dar-lee-a

Rose

Rose

Well, I nearly like Dahlia but I can imagine some accents saying daaaaaaaaaahlia and would drive me crazy.

But then Rose is a bit.... ho hum. Rosemary I like more. Romy for short. Rosie is nice too. Rose is so middle name.

What about Della? or Adele

I love Rose. Dahlia sounds a bit snotty and I can hear it in my head being pronounced in a very snooty accent, a bit like 'gap yahhh'

Rose.
People will continually muck up the pronunciation of Dahlia and she’ll spend her life explaining it and spelling it.

Rose.

What happened to your idea of Avonlea?

Dahlia Avonlea.

@SoupDragon lol forget it

Rose is lovely.

I clicked on this thinking it was a gardening thread. So, Rose.

Rose.
But as a middle name for Elizabeth.