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It's fine.
And anyway, by the time she has grown up, people will not be as supercilious about traditional names indicating achievement and respectability. There are a lot of Sophias and that name will surely be respectable enough, but there's no reason to think Zylah will be any less so. It's a little bit like Julia vs. Leesa... either one could be an accomplished professional today (I just met a Leesa aged about 45 who was well-to-do and professional, and while I think her name probably seemed a little tacky and too-creative in 1970 - it no longer does, at least not in the states I've lived in).
I think you (OP) should do the same thing as with your 12 year old son's name - leave it up to her to decide when she's old enough. You could always try out Sophia on strangers, and see if you prefer their reactions and the assumptions they seem to make. And please post under only one name =)
Btw I don't agree that Shyla would be better, because Shyla has shy in it. Zylah just looks like an invented name with a fashionable sound.
And anyway, by the time she has grown up, people will not be as supercilious about traditional names indicating achievement and respectability. There are a lot of Sophias and that name will surely be respectable enough, but there's no reason to think Zylah will be any less so. It's a little bit like Julia vs. Leesa... either one could be an accomplished professional today (I just met a Leesa aged about 45 who was well-to-do and professional, and while I think her name probably seemed a little tacky and too-creative in 1970 - it no longer does, at least not in the states I've lived in).
I think you (OP) should do the same thing as with your 12 year old son's name - leave it up to her to decide when she's old enough. You could always try out Sophia on strangers, and see if you prefer their reactions and the assumptions they seem to make. And please post under only one name =)
Btw I don't agree that Shyla would be better, because Shyla has shy in it. Zylah just looks like an invented name with a fashionable sound.
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Thanks everyone just wanted to hear others honest opinions. And by the way I'm not worry that my daughter won't be successful because of her name. Seriously? A name doesn't make a person. I actually do like "cute" names like someone mentioned this one just doesn't fit her.
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