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What do you think of Delilah?

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quickerthistimeplease · 12/08/2008 19:03

My mum was and her friend were laughing that this woman's new granddaughter was called Delilah- they just thought of Tom Jones. I am pg and I think I quite like it- hormones or quite sweet?!

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madcol · 12/08/2008 19:04

My, my, my .....

FoghornLeghorn · 12/08/2008 19:04

Someone on our Ante-Natal thread has just had a Delilah (Aug 08)

lou33 · 12/08/2008 19:05

i love it, i wanted it to be dd1's first name but had to settle on it as a middle one

and it was thanks to tom jones, as i used to sing that song all the time when i was a kid

4andnotout · 12/08/2008 19:05

You know what will happen
Why? Why? Why? Delilah
I liked it too for my dd4 due in october but everytime i think of it i sing it!

norkmaiden · 12/08/2008 19:06

I wouldn't use it but think it's lovely all the same

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quickerthistimeplease · 12/08/2008 19:09

Blimey- what quick replies. I guess when baby is a bit older Tom Jones won't be around...

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quickerthistimeplease · 12/08/2008 19:11

DH is welsh and we HAD to have a welsh middle name for DD. If we have another DD his latest welsh suggestions are just ridiculous- I wonder if he'd consider Delilah a sort of compromise

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rodg82 · 12/08/2008 19:12

I really like it! Makes me think of the recent "hey there Delilah" song...

Pinkchampagne · 12/08/2008 19:14

I quite like it, but the Tom Jones song goes straight to my head whenever I hear it!

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quickerthistimeplease · 12/08/2008 19:21

Just looked up its meaning- one website says 'Pining with desire' , another says 'seductive'. (Samson and Delilah I suppose). seems a bit yucky for a baby girl

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tassisssss · 12/08/2008 19:24

Hmm, I'd think of the Bible story...not a pretty character!

Then I'd think of the song!

SlartyBartFast · 12/08/2008 19:25

why, why, why

lauraloola · 12/08/2008 19:26

I like it. Its a classic name that will be cute when young and powerful when older x

unknownrebelbang · 12/08/2008 19:27

As it's our local football team's chant, it's not a name I'd choose.

Don't dislike the name though.

Califrau · 12/08/2008 19:28

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SlartyBartFast · 12/08/2008 19:30

actually i was second and hadnt realised.
i wouldnt call any dd's i had that for that reason - too many why, why whys!

Boulders · 12/08/2008 19:46

It's nice and, along with Lilah, seems to be on the rise.

Heated · 12/08/2008 20:00

I know a Delilah in her 30s, named by her feminist mother who wanted an empowered name for her dd, although she calls it a 'ball-cutter name' . She loves her name now but didn't like the attention it got when she was younger.

I think it's lost it shock value & is actually very pretty. Lilah is a lovely nn.

CantSleepWontSleep · 12/08/2008 20:01

I love it, but got bad reactions from everyone else when I tried to put it on our list, as this thread demonstrates!

lou33 · 13/08/2008 01:06

i always think it is best to pick the name you want and just present it when the baby is born

otherwise there is always someone who will try to put you off

that way they have to just stfu

squanderedzeitgeist · 13/08/2008 01:11

I love it - will anyone remember Tom Jones in another decade? Her generation certainly won't!

lou33 · 13/08/2008 01:14

omg how can anyone forget TOM!!!!

babyOcho · 13/08/2008 03:08

I love it. Wanted it for DD but DP vetoed it.

PurpleOne · 13/08/2008 03:17

Lilah is a lovely name