Pandora

[edulwichma]

It's top of our list right now. What are your opinions on the name?

[edulwichma]

..with Dora as her nickname.

[LynetteScavo]

I think my opinion is neither here nor there is you like it.

But as you ask, it's OK. Not amazing, but no horrible.

[LynetteScavo]

Dora makes me think of Dora The Explorer.

Again, it's OK.....

[GodKeepsGiving]

I like it

[RonnieBirtles]

If you like it use it - you wont want to hear my opinion on it!

[happysmellyfeet]

Pandora... I adore ya!

I am old enough to remember Adrian mole!

It's not a name I'd choose.

[MardyBra]

Pandora's box has fairly negative connotations imo. Otherwise makes me think of the jewellry, which is either loved or loathed on MN.

[Diamondwhite]

ditto Adrian Mole

[piprabbit]

Either the women who released all the evils of the world from her box, or the unmitigated b*tch from the Adrian Mole series.

So not great connotations.

[piprabbit]

woman - there was only one of her

[HoneyandHaycorns]

Another oldie who remembers Adrian Mole.

Not a name I would choose.

[helendigestives]

She's going to get 'box' comments when older.

[KatAndKit]

No, I wouldn't go for this either, also the Adrian Mole connotations and the fact that it sounds quite pretentious.
If you like Dora then why not just call her that, I think it is a valid name on its own. I don't like it either but I think it is better than Pandora.

[mumto2andnomore]

I clicked on this thread thinking it was going to be about the bracelets-not keen as a name to be honest, think she would get teased.

[mopsyflopsy]

I like it. Not read Adrian Mole though..

[scaevola]

I really like it as a name, but do think "Adrian Mole".

I would also think twice because of the "box" connotations.

[evamummy]

I like it, and Dora is a cute nickname.

[upatdawn]

I too think Adrian Mole, not because I read them but because DS read them two years ago! So that connotation (and obviously Pandora's Box) are still around!

[AlmaMartyr]

I like Dora but would worry about the connotations of Pandora though.

[scaevola]

It's not the Pandora's box of Greek mythology that's the problem.

I have been rounded on before for pointing out current usage of terms, but for avoidance of doubt here the connotation that would bother me is the slang term for vagina.

[tiptoptally]

I wouldn't use it simply for the years of teasing about "Pandora's box" she would face in her teens....

[PotteringAlong]

As with all the others, Dora I really like but would use as a name in it's own right. Far too many Adrian Mole / box opportunities for when she's older otherwise!

[MelinaM]

"I knew a Pandora once, never got to see her box though..."

But seriously, I do like Pandora, but I do fear that due to those bloody awful bracelets it will become very popular!

[DELHI]

I thinks it's a bit 'pony-club' IYKWIM, not to my taste at all.