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Delilah, Tallulah or Henrietta?

57 replies

itsme189 · 06/10/2021 14:49

Why is your favourite, middle name will be Kerry after my mum!

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TumtumTree · 06/10/2021 16:48

Henrietta

Pemba · 06/10/2021 16:48

Delilah is a lovely mellifluous name, I like that best. Can be shortened easily too. Tallulah is similar.

Henrietta is completely different, so clunky, reminds me of a very old Victorian lady. It's awful. Strangely I don't mind Harriet though, much nicer, Henrietta is OTT.

RuthW · 06/10/2021 17:09

All of those are lovely but my fav is Delilah.

ByThePool2021 · 06/10/2021 20:39

Tallulah

DramaAlpaca · 06/10/2021 20:41

Delilah or Henrietta.

I don't like Tallulah.

londongirl2701 · 06/10/2021 20:43

I have a Tallulah and get nothing but compliments on her name and she's the only one I know of x

beans1992 · 06/10/2021 21:01

Delilah or Tallulah lots of nice nickname options for both. Lila or Tally being my favourites!

MyLifeNow20 · 06/10/2021 21:37

I have a 7yr old Delilah and get so many compliments. When she was a baby we called her Deedee or Dee and some family still call her that. I sometimes call her Luli, dont quite know where it came from but most of the time call her Delilah

BeKindBeYou · 06/10/2021 21:41

Delilah - such a beautiful name

FrozenoutofCostco · 06/10/2021 21:43

Jesus...... Honestly?? None, sorry. They're all very cringeworthy in my personal opinion (which you did ask for, to be fair)

MondeoFan · 06/10/2021 21:54

I like them all. I'm no help I know

Kite22 · 06/10/2021 21:54

None of them if I'm honest

Well, I do like Kerry, but none of your first name choices.

Delilah and Tallulah just start me singing (Tom Jones and Bugsy Malone) . Henrietta just starts me thinking about vacuum cleaners.

DariaMorgendorffer · 06/10/2021 21:55

Tallulah

itsme189 · 07/10/2021 09:25

@FrozenoutofCostco I know everyone wont like them thats fine but I think "jesus" as if im suggesting naming my kid fridge freezer is a bit extreme these are pretty normal names haha

Thanks all!

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Balonzette · 07/10/2021 10:30

ADORE Tallulah! It's so cool. Spelled without an 'h' on the end, it's also the name of a rather obscure Irish saint, I learned recently, which I also thought was cool.

I don't like Delilah. So overdone and Delilah in the bible isn't the best namesake for a little girl. I always find it odd that the name gained such popularity - one step away from calling a little girl Jezebel IMO. I can only assume the parents of Delilahs didn't really bother to research where the name came from 🤔 Henrietta I think is a little ugly, but I love the nickname Hettie so much that I think it might be worth using. My order goes:
Tallulah
Henrietta
Delilah

I don't like Kerry very much, but it doesn't sound awful if you want to use your mum's name.

Balonzette · 07/10/2021 10:34

Lulu is a cute nn for Tallulah. I know 2 Tallulahs, both adults in their early 20s. One goes by Tallulah all the time, the other Lulah or Lulu but only by family.

kissmelittleass · 07/10/2021 10:38

Tallulah is a name I've always liked just sounds beautiful, not a fan of the other names though

Enko · 07/10/2021 11:11

Of then 3 Henrietta or Delilah i dislike Talulah find it a wet silly name

FAQs · 07/10/2021 11:22

I know a Tallulah who is known as Tilly. And a Henri. My vote goes for Henri.

alpinerain · 07/10/2021 11:34

Definitely Delilah! Such a beautiful name.

Thefaceofboe · 07/10/2021 15:29

I would LOVE to hear a baby called Henrietta! I suggested it for our 2 week old DD cos I love the nickname Etta. Gorgeous

TatianaBis · 07/10/2021 18:27

Delilah by miles. Don't like DeeDee, but like Lila. The Delilah I know is called Lula for short.

Tallulah is a bit affected.

allsorts1 · 07/10/2021 19:22

Henrietta is the best!

Glassofshloer · 07/10/2021 19:33

Delilah, by a country mile - love it.

Henrietta is quite ‘horsey’ and twee.

Tallulah is a bit naff.

millzcrawf · 07/10/2021 23:29

I love the name Hettie however not a fan of Henrietta sorry 😩

I really love tallulah and this has so many different nn variants such as lula, tallie, lulu 🤍