[name_m]Hi[/name_m]! We’ve been going back and forth on our daughter’s name and I’m hoping to get some opinions from unbiased outsiders to our situation.
We know her middle name is going to be [name_f]Donna[/name_f] and can’t be changed due to its meaning to us, but her first name is what’s giving us grief. We are in love with the name [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] but worry it doesn’t flow well since they both start and end with the same sounds.
What do you all think; does [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] [name_f]Donna[/name_f] sound okay? Is it tolerable? Or do we just need to start over on her first name?
I hate to say this because I know what it’s like to love a name and being unable to use it, but I really think you need to start over with the first name…
I think it’s tolerable. It won’t win any prizes for flow but if you love [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] more than anything else and [name_f]Donna[/name_f] is set then it’s hardly worth giving up. I do want to point out that Double D comes with some connotations, but that probably wouldn’t come up much if ever, just throwing it out there.
I have the same problem as you do. I like Raphaella Richenza [name_f]Charis[/name_f]. You hear it? It sounds sing-songy. Your name choice combination is too but in a good way, a MUCH better way. It is easy to pronounce, a distinct difference in each name. Your name style is mix between quirky unusual and old fashioned. [name_f]Donna[/name_f] grounds [name_f]Delilah[/name_f], delilah gives [name_f]Donna[/name_f] room to breath and let her hair down. Its a perfect and sweet combination. A bit of new and old mix. I hope this helps you. [name_f]My[/name_f] best wishes.
If you love and want to use [name_f]Delilah[/name_f], then I think it’s tolerable! Most people don’t even use their middle names. The first name is what’s most important and the name that people will actually know. The combo isn’t even that bad in my opinion. I think [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] is really sweet.
Completely tolerable. [name_m]How[/name_m] often do you hear your middle name? Not often. [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] is lovely and [name_f]Donna[/name_f] has personal significance, they don’t clash horrible, so this is the name.
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f] is beautiful and you clearly love it. [name_f]Donna[/name_f] is important to you, but I don’t think it should dictate the first name. [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] [name_f]Donna[/name_f] is honestly lovely, I like the alliteration a lot.
As long as your surname doesn’t start with D or end in the same A sound, I think it’s absolutely fine. Some alliterations don’t work, but I actually like that one. [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] is a wonderful name.
If you love it, stick with it - personally, I think it’s pretty…
Another option is [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] [name_f]Bella[/name_f] [name_f]Donna[/name_f] or [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] Belladonna. However, belladonna has several meanings, a positive meaning (i.e. beautiful lady - it’s also the name of a [name_u]Stevie[/name_u] Nicks album which is a plus in my books!) & then there’s the botanical aspect which can have a less positive connotation. Regardless, I do love the name Belladonna. Good luck !!
Thank you all for the responses! I’m still not sure how I feel about the alliteration/same sounding endings but we do love [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] and [name_f]Donna[/name_f] has so much meaning to us. Our last name does not begin with D nor does it end with A so we do not have to worry about that.
If anything about the name were to change, it would be [name_f]Delilah[/name_f]. We are not changing [name_f]Donna[/name_f] in any way at all. We cannot use initials or a middle name since [name_f]Donna[/name_f] honors two important people who are no longer with us (my husband’s grandfather, [name_m]Donald[/name_m], and my mother, [name_f]Donna[/name_f]). I also hate two middle names (sorry to anyone that has one or likes them) so that is not an option for us.
I agree that it’s not that often you use your middle name, so go with the name you love. Would you think of calling her [name_f]DeeDee[/name_f] (not sure how people spell it).
[name_f]Delilah[/name_f] [name_f]Donna[/name_f] is really sweet. There are plenty of names with alliteration like [name_f]Suzannah[/name_f] [name_f]Sommers[/name_f], [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f] [name_u]Monroe[/name_u], I think it can make a name more memorable. Besides the mn is so rarely used in everyday life that if you had to name her [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] Sparklebutt it still wouldnt matter lol.
Before I saw your comment about disliking 2 middle names I was going to suggest adding a short name as a 2nd middle.
The flow isn’t great but there are times when meaning is much more important. You love the name [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] and [name_f]Donna[/name_f] is really important to you so I think you should go with it.
I don’t think it’s terrible at all. Sure there’s the alliteration and the similar endings of each name, but hey, I think it has a great rhythm. I definitely don’t think it’s so bad as to need to be scrapped, and I won’t even say it’s ‘tolerable’ because that suggests negativity…I like it. The flow works, and the names are both ones you love and have meaning to you and your family…nothing wrong with [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] [name_f]Donna[/name_f]. She’s a keeper in my book.
I like it. I usually like alliteration, so I’m not surprised. The different sounds and syllables is what lets you get away with it. If you had suggested [name_f]Dominica[/name_f] [name_f]Donna[/name_f] or [name_f]Diana[/name_f] [name_f]Donna[/name_f], I’d say no, but, despite their first and last letters, [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] and [name_f]Donna[/name_f] sound quite different.
And, maybe this is odd of me to say, but [name_f]Delilah[/name_f] [name_f]Donna[/name_f] sounds almost… sexy? Like in a sweet [name_f]Georgia[/name_f] peach kind of way, not a trashy, stripper pole way. I don’t go for a sexy, sultry vibe when picking baby names, but those babies will be adults one day, and having a name with a little bit of flair and sultriness seems pretty cool, better than having an unsexy name.
I think it might be tolerable if it flows with the last name… but I’m not a huge fan (personally). I echo pp’s who said that middles are rarely used so it won’t be a huge deal in day-to-day life.
We’ve been going back and forth on our daughter’s name and I’m hoping to get some opinions from unbiased outsiders to our situation.
