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Pandora

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norahjen · 15/04/2011 16:06

I love the name but a friend said she just thinks of the tacky braclets! What do you think of it?

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tagliolini · 16/04/2011 20:36

Awful. Box.

BuntyPenfold · 16/04/2011 20:11

I love it.
The bracelets will vanish like other fads.
I've always felt the original Pandora was set up to fail, wasn't she? Rather than actually the baddie.

womma · 16/04/2011 20:07

hmmm, sounds poncey, sorry

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Jennete · 16/04/2011 16:45

It's a dark, goth name, and tacky try-hard.

Why would you risk the box jokes too? Hmm

MrsvWoolf · 16/04/2011 16:26

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ShoutyHamster · 16/04/2011 14:55

How about Polydora instead? Two good short names in there too for you choose between.

MadamDeathstare · 15/04/2011 20:48

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iskra · 15/04/2011 20:44

Friend used to go out with a Pandora. Lots of jokes about her box & whether he was getting to see inside it.

LaWeasel · 15/04/2011 19:27

It has to be strong.

It's got to keep all the evil in the world in it.

ThisFeelsWeird · 15/04/2011 19:21

Show us your box.

AlpinePony · 15/04/2011 19:11

Hopelessly in love with Pandora.

Love it - good, strong name!

Bunbaker · 15/04/2011 18:51

Pandora's box was what came into my mind. I don't know what these bracelets are, but I am not a bracelet person.

In spite of that, I quite like the name.

MelinaM · 15/04/2011 18:46

^Grin

CountHotCrossBapula · 15/04/2011 18:34

Adrian Mole, definitely. And Rhys Ifans in Notting Hill: "I knew a girl at school called Pandora. Never saw her box, though."

suwoo · 15/04/2011 18:29

Adrian Mole firstly, the box second, the bracelets third, my friends rabbit fourth, and a fb friends middle name fifth. Despite all those associations, I like it.

jellybeansontoast · 15/04/2011 18:23

I think Adrian Mole too and I'm a young 'un, promise.

Don't like it though. Didn't Adrian used to call her 'Pan' in his musings? You could call the next one Kettle. Grin

MelinaM · 15/04/2011 18:21

I love the name Pandora (hate the nn Dora), I only think of Pandora's box, those hideous bracelets will soon fade into oblivionSmile

wildcatsrock · 15/04/2011 17:45

also showing my age ,i think adrian mole.pretty name though

grumpypants · 15/04/2011 17:43

Yuck. Adrian Mole, bracelets, box. No other associations that I can think of. Sorry.

SolarPanel · 15/04/2011 17:42

How about Paloma or Isadora instead?

SolarPanel · 15/04/2011 17:42

Box

BellBookandCandle · 15/04/2011 17:26

tacky bracelets or Adrian Mole (am showing my age)
.....and as for Pandora Hope - no don't do it, just sounds naff (sorry burntsienna)

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burntsienna · 15/04/2011 17:22

You could stave off the evils by giving her Hope as a second name Smile