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Delilah and Samson?

34 replies

Eleonorex · 08/01/2023 00:03

A friend of mine is called Delilah and would like to call her baby boy Samson. Good idea / bad idea / neutral? What do you think?

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Unicorn717 · 08/01/2023 00:07

Well it's up to her isn't it.

Superduper02 · 08/01/2023 00:08

Sampson and Delilah were lovers then enemies so on that basis, I'd say that is WEIRD

Rickandmortified100 · 08/01/2023 00:23

Umm no. They were lovers and then Delilah was responsible for his ultimate eye-gouging and death. Weird names for babies.

KirstenBlest · 08/01/2023 08:04

Samson is ok but you'll get people misspelling it as Sampson.

Luckingfovely · 08/01/2023 09:52

Eye-rollingly bonkers.

ChildrenOfTheQuorn · 08/01/2023 10:23

Creepy.

Consufed · 08/01/2023 10:42

Not a good idea.

WildCherryBlossom · 08/01/2023 20:20

If her name were Juliet would she think it ok to name her son Romeo?

DeeCeeCherry · 08/01/2023 20:29

🤣

SemperIdem · 08/01/2023 21:12

Naming siblings after famous lovers is a great idea.

GreenManalishi · 08/01/2023 21:15

When there are so many other names in this world, why would you?

Dogsogdog · 08/01/2023 21:17

Is her surname Dingle ?

Kanaloa · 08/01/2023 21:22

It’s obviously a terrible idea. But as they’re not your children it’s not really your problem. The saving grace is that for the majority of their lives they will not be introduced together - sibling names ‘matching’ really only matters until they’re in secondary school.

UsingChangeofName · 08/01/2023 21:30

In the unlikely event this is true, then it is clearly bizarre.

Oher · 08/01/2023 22:41

Superduper02 · 08/01/2023 00:08

Sampson and Delilah were lovers then enemies so on that basis, I'd say that is WEIRD

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SnackyOnassis · 08/01/2023 22:51

Not good for all the above reasons - it's not even subtle! If Samson's sister ever offers to give him a haircut, whatever happens next is all their mum's fault...

redandwhite1 · 08/01/2023 22:59

They're also the sunderland football mascots 😂

ThreeImaginaryBoys · 08/01/2023 23:06

They're children, not goldfish FFS

PurpleButterflyWings · 08/01/2023 23:12

No.

Rainbowshit · 08/01/2023 23:25

Ew, no. It's pretty weird given the story.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 09/01/2023 03:59

Oh, please, no.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/01/2023 05:38

It's mother and son, not siblings. Still weird though.

LetsDoThis2023 · 09/01/2023 05:57

Weird

SugarQills · 09/01/2023 06:32

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 09/01/2023 05:38

It's mother and son, not siblings. Still weird though.

You sure about that? In the bible it's lovers.

parsniiips · 09/01/2023 06:34

Would sound like they've come straight from emmerdale farm