I think Twila is a beautiful name. I once had a friend named Twila. Everyone used to pronounce it "twilla" while everyone who knew her pronounced it "twylla." Eventually she just started spelling it Twylla so people would hopefully pronounce it right. The substitute teachers always got it wrong.
Twila Beautiful Psycho Topaz-Cullen is the main character in the notoriously bad-written Twilight fanfic, "Twila The Girl Who Waz In Luv With A Vampyre".
I've always love this name, but I hate that most people who hear it relate it to the series Twilight. Then they automatically think I love the books, not the name itself.
To everyone who said "it was ruined by Twilight", thank you, I agree. :DDD It's irritating when people ask me what I'm planning to name my first daughter (originally Twila, but I'm having second thoughts) and I tell them Twila, and they're just like "oh, like Twilight".
-- Anonymous User 6/16/2009
That sounds irritating. Maybe you can go for Csilla? (pronounced CHEEL-la)? It sounds vaguely similar, and it also means "star".
It's a poetic and lovely name, but when people relate it to Twilight, it suddenly gets less beautiful. I agree: when people relate Twila to Twilight, it gets ruined.
Twila has two meanings: yes, it's a variation of "twilight", but it also means "of three, one", referring to a braid. Christian parents choose this name in reference of the "braided" family: father, mother, God.