Cara or Kara

[peanutMD]

I prefer Cara but DP likes Kara.

Part of me wants to use Kara to go against the grain of MIL as she has not shut up how its a family thing as all of her DC's will have a child with initials CLB (totally unintentional I might add) so K would be breaking that apparently

I realise that sounds totally pathetic but she is quite an over powering character who would literally introduce the baby with this bizarre anecdote for the rest of her life and I've had enough of that from DS (he shares her birthday) and this is brought up constantly!

So am I being rediculously hormonal by consideting the spelling I'm not overly keen on just to shut MIL up? :o

[Minty82]

Cara, definitely.

[WannabeWilloughby]

I like Cara, really pretty name

[makes mental note for future]

[peanutMD]

Why thank you I love it too :)

I will just have to suck it up with MIL and I guess I could change middle initial... I am seriously over thinking this aren't I?

[SandStorm]

Cara - what's the middle name? Maybe we could come up with an alternative for you?

[MyHeadWasInTheSandNowNot]

Cara & change the middle name

Just tell DH it's chavvy with a K. It doesn't matter if it is or it isn't - but once you've sewn the seed...

[QueefLatina]

Cara or maybe Zara or Lara if you really want to annoy MIL?!

[LeoniPoni]

Cara is lovely. I get the MIL thing though! Is the middle name a cert?

[CPtart]

Cara

[Gwennan]

Cara - seems more authentic.

[Lafaminute]

Cara - it means friend....what does Kara mean????

[BunnyLebowski]

Definitely Cara.

Ridiculous MIL can go whistle.

[eachtigertires]

I prefer Kara but that's because it is the name of someone who was very good to me.

[CheeseStrawWars]

Mumsnet doesn't like K names...

[amck5700]

Cara - don't worry about the anecdotes, she has to die sometime :o

[amck5700]

....and I don't mind K names :) just prefer it with a C

[CheeseStrawWars]

Kara is a Valkyrie in Norse mythology, btw.

[peanutMD]

Okay I'm convinced Cara for definate.

Middle name was going to be Louise as its my middle name and DS has DP's (I was young and MIL moaned for months that DS' name should be DP's along with 5 generations before) but neither of us were keen so compramised to shut her up keep her happy.

I just want to bring a bit of my side into the name (again daft I know) and think Cara Louise is lovely :)

[amck5700]

It is lovely, if you want to put a spanner in the works then have Elouise, or spell Louise with a silent P at the beginning :o

[SandStorm]

Why not give her an extra middle name so her initials are CLX Surname?

[peanutMD]

I am liking the random silent letter idea :o

[MyHeadWasInTheSandNowNot]

Do you have a middle name? Does it mean anything to you?

Do you have any other family names that mean something to you - Mum, Gran etc

Do you want your name in there more or less than you want your MIL banging on about the initials?

I think it's nice your DS has your DP's name, as his middle name, as in generations before him (as a middle name is close enough!).

[squoosh]

Cara means 'friend' in Irish. Definitely C.

[Bakingtins]

Cara

[tallulah]

Kara is a brand of coconut milk

[DavenotChas]

My Niece is Kara Louise and she's the business. Just saying.....