Tallulah or Jessica?

[SweetTea]

Our baby is due any time soon and we are still not decided on a girls name (have chosen a boys).

Jessica we like as it's traditional and flexible (able to shorten), but maybe a little too 'safe' as a choice.

We also like Tallulah, again an old traditional name and flexible, but we are not sure if it's a little bit too unusual.

Please shared some opinions with me to help us decide!

I like Tallulah but I think that is because I knew a gorgeous little Lulah who I adored. Had I not known her I might think the name rather try-hard and trend-concious.

I like boring and ordinary! I am very pleased that my parents didn't give me anything outlandish or a name that dates.

Jessica ...gorgeous name

Tallulah isn't as unusual as you might think and is 607 in the Bounty names list for 2008. So don't discount it just because you think it might sound odd.

(it was our dog's name BTW )

Definitely Tallulah - it's girly but with attitude. Jessica boring.

I like both but would probably go for Jessica it was on our shortlist for DD3.

Much prefer Jessica - If you really like Tallulah then don't worry about it being unusual, lots of them around here (Surrey).

I don't especially like either, I'm afraid. Tallulah is very now and I think it is difficult to make sound serious as an adult.
And Jessica was the most popular name in the year I was born so I know far too many my own age.

Other than Demi Moore & Simon Le Bon, what other celebrities have named their baby Tallulah, out of interest?

Jessie Wallace and the girl that was in Coronation Street - forgotten her name. That doesn't put me off though (we are going for Tallulah for our DC2). It is your choice in the end and who knows how names will sound in 20 years. Sophie was hardly around when I was called it over 30 years ago and look at it now....!

Jessica - my god daughter is Jessica or Jess or Jessie. Much more classy than Tallulah I reckon

I LOVE Tallulah. It's one of my favourite names but DH won't let me have it! If she doesn't like it when she's older she could always use Lulu or Tilly.

I like both.

Jessica is lovely. Tallulah is not. At all.

definitely jessica

Jessica is chic. Tallulah is really not.

I much prefer the name Jessica

your baby, your choice

don't let others influence you.

we couldn't think of a girls name for our first and that turned out to be a boy - does this mean yours is too?!

Like Jessica, can't picture an adult with Tallulah as a name

Jessica is nice. Tallulah sounds like something Jordan would name her baby!

Also I can imagine an adult Tallulah going for a job and not getting it because of her name (sad, but true).

i actually like both - and I don't normally like names like Tallulah - think it's because of the Go-Betweens song maybe!

Jessica

i have a tallulah

I love Tallulah!

I do like jessica too, but it is quite common now.

You could shorten it to Tally sometimes too no?!...i like Tally/Talia!