Vera!

[SnapesOnAPlane]

I had a thrill of excitement when I saw this in the baby name book today, before that it was an old lady name!
What do you think?
Ooh think I might use it regardless... even if baby is a boy :o
I kid, I kid.
I think :o

[freerangeeggs]

I think it's lovely but a lot of people will say Duckworth.

[sixpinetrees]

There is one in my dds class, I think its really cute. Her real name Veronica which is perfectly respectable.

[LetThereBeRock]

It's horrid.

[faverolles]

My ds has a name that is probably the boy equivalent of Vera, we too had that same feeling, even though it wasn't a name we had ever considered.
If that's the name you like, then go for it. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.

[exoticfruits]

Horrible!

[littlemissw]

Adore! Was at the top of my girl names list before we found out we're having a boy.

[coccyx]

Duckworth or Lynn??

[SnapesOnAPlane]

I was thinking Wang, Coccyx :o
Not really, but now that you mention it
Veronica? Is Vera not respectable on it's own?

[MelinaM]

Horrendous! How about Vita?

[Mysecretumbrella]

I like it! Was toying with using it myself if DC2 is a girl. There is a family connection so will probably use it as a middle name at least.

[tammytoby]

Vera is lovely. Works in most languages and sounds feminine. And isn't overused. What is there not to like?

[meditrina]

Duckworth. Quite a character!

[usualsuspect]

awful

[Catsu]

My about to be born dd is going to have vera for her middle name!

[Shoutymomma]

Oh please, no.

[Verahaspurpletwuntypants]

I had a great aunt called Vera.

[tammytoby]

Who/what is Duckworth ? I've been in the UK for 20 years but have never heard of her... And I therefore wonder whether kids will associate the name with her..?

[meditrina]

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/07/23/vera460.jpg&imgrefurl=www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/jul/23/veraduckworth&h=300&w=460&sz=38&tbnid=kK1J5aY0cdEPrM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=128&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvera%2Bduckworth%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=vera+duckworth&docid=5tWqpzzQ-KOJAM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_2tJTrHINcSphAfOzNyeBg&sqi=2&ved=0CEYQ9QEwCA" rel="nofollow noindex" target="_blank">This is Vera Duckworth, this is wiki, and this is a fan site. As one of the characters in the most watched TV programmer for over 30 years, I think you will find an awful lot of people who know the character and they'll be around for a good while yet. Not DD's peers obviously, but the adults around her.

[BodyUnknown]

I love it. But the baby name book I had said it was old lady and Verity is a better (i.e. more modern) alternative!

[hangon]

Is that a joke

[tammytoby]

Thanks meditrina, I still don't recognise her (but don't watch that much tv). As you say, most children today would have no associations like some of you.

I still think it is a lovely sounding name that works well in most languages. And not widely used. So I'd go for it .

[SaffronCake]

What? How do so many people think it's awful? I think it's brilliant, totally brilliant and I love it.

It can also be short for Verena which is a short e sound at the front (veh-ren-na) whereas Vera is a long e sound (veer-ra).

It's positively fab and anyway Vera Duckworth has been off the telly since 2008, at least 3 years before baby is born. Three years before I was born people were watching Columbo, Runaround and The Good Life. None of which I can name a single character from.

[ragged]

Thumbs down from me.

[pranma]

I prefer Verity

[reelingintheyears]

Are you kidding....Vera is awful.

And Veronica's get called Vronks or Ronnie.