Darla

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Thoughts on Darla for a baby girl please :)

I love it.

Beautiful name!

darla means dearly beloved very cute

Vampire from Buffy.
Resurrected in Angel.
Pretty name.

Love it

Finding Nemo

The mean kid from Finding Nemo!

It’s a nice name, not one I’ve heard before. I think I prefer Dahlia with Darla as a nn

I like it! bit different but instantly recognisable too.

I think it's cute but can only imagine it in an American accent like in the Little Rascals!

Thanks all for your thoughts :)

I love it but DH really not keen :(

I know two baby Darlas born in the past two years so it might be getting more popular as it’s mentioned on naming boards more often recently too. Personally I don’t like it - to me it sounds like the name of a ditsy character from a naff TV series set in America in the 80s.

It's not a name I've every come across so I would have assumed it was made up but that clearly isn't the case judging by other responses

I would assume American too (thinking of Darlene from the TV show Roseanne)

I don't hate it but think Darcy or Dahlia are much nicer

Little Rascals. Will she have a brother called Alfafa?

That's my daughters name. I obviously love it! We always get comments on how lovely it is.
I've never had anyone comment that they've heard it before on film/TV

Very sweet, I like it but it also reminds me of a Tik Tok sound meme thing that did the rounds a year or so ago, from Little Rascals (Let me raise a toast, to the girl I love the most...)

So for me, I hear it in an American accent. But still lovely.

I haven't heard it before, haven't come across the tik tok references.

Similar to a previous poster, I instantly thought of Darlene from Roseanne.

As much as I loved Roseanne, Darlene would be a bit much (although it is actually quite sweet and refreshing) but I quite like Darla.

Nice name but will always scream Buffy to me

I love it. I wouldn't have made a connection to any tv character.

Horrible! I’m with your DH.

to me it sounds like the name of a ditsy character from a naff TV series set in America in the 80s.

Yes... not any specific character, just has that sort of vibe.

It makes me think of Rosanne (I know she was Darleen)

It sounds like one of those slightly low rent made up ish mid century names like Marla, Dina, Myra to me, so.. not a fan. It’s the name of the slightly dim next door neighbour in US soap.

Dahlia is quite nice, or even Daria at a push

My mind also went straight to Buffy.

Little Rascals... will she have all the sophistication of a woman of twelve?

Purely personal, but Darla, Darlene, and Darleen all remind me too much of the word darling.... and especially how fake TV cowboys have a habit of shortening "Darling" to "Darl". I'd pick Darla I had to choose one, though. Or Darrell.