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Zelia

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LuciaRose · 29/01/2010 12:24

Have you ever heard of this name? Not sure whether I've made it up or not?

Anyway, what do you think?

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LittleDonkin · 29/01/2010 12:47

I think people may think they have misheard and pronounce it and spell it Celia

Cobblers · 29/01/2010 12:54

It sounds a bit made up. But I could be,and often am, wrong.

mathanxiety · 29/01/2010 15:50

Very nice name; apparently means 'solemn' in French, and it also appears in Greek and Danish.

Bucharest · 29/01/2010 15:57

I think people will think you've been at the scrabble bag.

BendyBob · 29/01/2010 16:04

There's Zilla I think and Zena and Zinnia. Not heard of Zelia - sounds a bit Delia.

BendyBob · 29/01/2010 16:06

No your are right - it says here about Zelia.

Nelvana · 29/01/2010 16:07

That is the name of the daughter of a friend of mine. They are french canadian. I thought it was made up so had to click on this thread

I think it has a very nice ring to it!

MistyRuby · 29/01/2010 16:59

I love it! very cool and pretty name

LuciaRose · 29/01/2010 17:04

Thanks! I like Zinnia too - pretty and quite unusual - in fact I've never heard of one ever!

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BendyBob · 29/01/2010 18:14

I remember it from the Darling Buds of May where all the girls had flower names. I like it too It's elegant and unusual without sounding gimmicky. Can't think of a rl one that I know of.

GrendelsMum · 29/01/2010 22:21

My neice is called Zelie, after her (French) grandmother. Caused a few from relatives at first, but now everyone likes it. I think it's very pretty, but I love all names beginning with Z

skihorse · 30/01/2010 07:36

Zinnia was the Cheri Lunghi character in "Cutting It". She played Amanda Holden's mum and she was a porn star.

CoteDAzur · 30/01/2010 08:01

Zeliha is Turkish. Very old name, hardly used anymore.

It is pronounced in quite the same way as you would pronounce "Zelia", except that the accent would be on the last syllable: Ze-li-A.

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