Comments on: Baby Names Trend: Camilla, Willa, Priscilla–the new killer ‘illa’ names

By: standingongrace

standingongrace — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 02:14:45 +0000

What about Rilla? We named our daughter Priscilla but took the prissiness out of it by calling her Rilla for short. She’s now four years old and we still love her name! It’s a nod to the Anne of Green Gables series (“Rilla of Ingleside” is the last of the series, as well as a marvelous book all by itself) and in German it means “little brook.”

By: maddiejadore

maddiejadore — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:41:13 +0000

I think the -Ora names are becoming popular too. Flora, Cora, Nora, and Aurora are getting popular.

By: opalmoon

opalmoon — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:22:42 +0000

Jamila/Jamilla has been a long time favourite of mine. I think it has a lovely soft sound and I love the meaning of this name. I don’t care much for most of these others though.

By: WaltzingMoreThanMatilda

WaltzingMoreThanMatilda — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:15:37 +0000

Nice trend-spotting!

I like Jamilla, Marilla, Priscilla and Zillah the best.

Milla and Sybilla are a mite too trendy for me, and Illa just makes me think of the word “ill”.

We recently had an article on how the OO sound is in; if ILL is in too, Drusilla gets a double-dose of hipness.

By: cilla

cilla — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:02:10 +0000

I am a Priscilla and I hated it as a kid. So i am Cilla and only go by Priscilla professionally. I am liking it a bit more now and am surprised it is back in fashion.

By: littlemissmariss

littlemissmariss — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:26:42 +0000

I can’t say I’m a fan of -illa names, honestly! I do like Willa, its lovely. And some of the others would be lovely on someone elses kids, but not ones I’d use myself <3

By: peacelovepurple

peacelovepurple — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:01:25 +0000

I like Milla and Willa. But, personally, Quilla sounds too much like “KILL-uh” to me…

By: leonielee

leonielee — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:55:21 +0000

@Poppy528- Try living in Indiana near a town called Versailles, pronounced by the locals as Ver-SALES. Drives me insane!

By: MissusAytch

MissusAytch — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:48:28 +0000

@Poppy528 – well same here, so I guess we’re good!

By: chicamerlin

chicamerlin — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 20:32:48 +0000

Downtown Abby? Seriously? If DOWNTON ABBEY is so well known and such an influencer of names you would think more people would be able to spell it correctly

I like Aracilla, Milla, Priscilla, Quilla, and Willa.

Cilla is a name too, as well as Pernilla. They are both names used in Sweden, as are a lot of other “Illa” names, like Tehilla. There is also a Swedish actress named Pernilla August who was in Star Wars.