What do you think of Marilla?

[darkemerald]

What do you think of Marilla as a girl's name? It's listed on Mumsnet's Baby Name Finder.

Anne of Green Gables

Tony Christie

it's very close to the spanish word for nausea. that was the first thought i had.

Isn't marilla a colour of envelope?

....or the capital of the Phillippines?

No, that's Manila

Maybe I'm thinking of a collection of small boats....

...or what you flavour fairy cakes with...

Isn't marea Spanish for nausea? I like Marilla. A lot actually.

.....or.....

Manilla, and flotilla.

HTH

I think of Anne of Green Gables too. Nice name though.

Yeah, and that's vanilla.

Seriously? [hmm}

Anne of Green Gables. Sorry.

Marilla was crotchety but fair ( and old)... Dinah, however, was black haired and beautiful

How about this?

I like it. Wasn't it the old lady from Ann of Green Gables?

Marilla the Gorilla.

Nah.... But I have always liked Dinah from reading that series of Enid Blytin books.

The list of things Marilla rhymes with is very helpful, thanks

Is this the way to Amarilla?

I don't like it. It's one of those ugly old lady names imho.

Am I getting confused with my Dinah's? I remember the one who was a good fairy type from the Faraway Tree but who was Anne's best friend? ( the one she got drunk on raspberry 'cordial'? Was that Diana? hoever it was, I loved her and her black hair as a kid ( I was ginger like Anne and felt her pain and her admiration)

Sounds like the name of a paint colour on a Dulux paint chart. In fact I think it might be.........