Baby name Twyla - thoughts? Too quirky?

[LolaBumble]

Like Twy-lah

Not good.

Jesus I'm very quiet on here but it's BAD

Nope it’s awful and is a name given to a child by someone giving little thought to their child in future years.
It’s the sort of name a gaggle of teenage girls would choose for their pretend child as they sit chatting with each other.

There was a poster on here who wants to call her child Percy the other day. This is marginally worse than that…

Just had to look how it was pronounced. I wouldn’t have known by looking at it.

God awful name.

hard no.

unless you live to south Virginia or Georgia or something.. then it’s a plain No.

It's a very American name. When I think of Twyla, I think of the esteemed choreographer and dancer Twyla Tharp.
I actually think it is really lovely. And, as it has a long history, definitely isn't in the category of "made up names."
Sometimes, I read names that people hate and think that what is showing is those posters' ignorance (of other cultures, of literature, of the arts).

No quirky, just shite.

I know one. She’s from a Plymouth brethren family who are known for having completely bonkers names!

@zurala, I don't even know where to start with your comment... (!)
For the record, in the US, near 80% of Twylas are white.

Huh?

Seriously, the ignorance on this thread is grim.
There's a world outside of the UK, you know.

There's a Terry Pratchett character called Twyla. The commentary says 'which shows the damage that can be done when untrained people are let loose with a book of baby names.'

Twyla is not a made up name. It’s real and very normal in North America.
Some really ignorant responses on here

It's too niche. It would date very quickly.

Petra will always be the Blue Peter dog. Probably before most of you were born.

Please don’t

Tw(at) was honestly what came to my mind

Too twee

Tweela

It's not a made up name.

It's a bit dated, a sort of a 1930s name. I'd associate it with the American South.

Not good. Really not a good idea.

Well said.

Are you on glue?