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Cora - Real name?!

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pommedechocolat · 11/08/2011 12:08

We are pg with number 2 and have name sorted for if it's a boy. A girl is harder - we used up our one idea on dd!

Currently dh is favouring Jessie but I love, love Cora. He likes it but says he's never heard of it before and thinks lots of people will wonder if it's a real name?

I think he's being silly - am I right??

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MummysLittleSunbeams · 12/08/2011 13:47

My Mum's name is Cora. Her middle name is Ann. When she was a baby & people used to ask her Mum what her name is she'd say "Cora Ann" & people used to think she was saying "call her Ann" so even to this day, everyone calls her Ann. Bizarre but totally true.

P.S. Cora is a lovely name.

PercyFilth · 12/08/2011 12:14

Anyway, it's a name I've always been aware of, so I would never think of it as modern in any sense. I suppose all names are "made up", strictly speaking. They had to start somewhere :)

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PercyFilth · 12/08/2011 11:57

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PercyFilth · 12/08/2011 11:57

Behind the Name says:

"Created by James Fenimore Cooper for his novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826). He may have based it on KORË or CORINNA."

Kore is the Persephone name, and Corinna is a very ancient name. Even 1826 isn't terribly recent :)

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pommedechocolat · 12/08/2011 11:45

It seems to be of Greek origin and to be another name for Persephone as goddess of the underworld according to trusty google!

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PercyFilth · 12/08/2011 11:40

How would you define 'modern coinage'? When is the earliest occurrence that you would class as 'modern'?

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pommedechocolat · 12/08/2011 09:30

94 is reasonable. DD's name is always top 20/25 so I'm not averse to popular names either but would like something a little less 'used' this time round. I would not want something totally unused though - hate to think of them always having to spell it.

If it's a boy it will have a top 20 name as well after DH's grandpa. So I will be ultra trendy in that case!

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NattersAndMutters · 11/08/2011 22:35

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Pearl

seeksnewnamewithgsoh · 11/08/2011 21:54

Phew Grin

I should have thought to check the name stats, amateur mistake. DD's name was top 50 with all the spellings taken into account, so it's not like I'm averse to popular names. But her name doesn't come up that often, and I keep seeing Cora recently.

Tis a lovely lovely name OP.

LaWeasel · 11/08/2011 21:27

There were only 94 Cora's in 2010 so unless it suddenly gets very popular I should think it's safe!

lilbreeze · 11/08/2011 19:50

I know 2 Coras, both irish and both in their 60s, i just assumed it was irish?

seeksnewnamewithgsoh · 11/08/2011 19:32

Oh bloody hell. I love Cora. It's my favourite name for future hypothetical dd (I'm not pg yet), but look how popular it is!

Is this just a MN thing, or is it going to be the next Isla?

GwendolineMaryLacey · 11/08/2011 19:29

I love Coraline but, like the kid in the film, you'd spend your life correcting people who thought you were Caroline.

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pommedechocolat · 11/08/2011 19:28

Thanks all! I think it's lovely and intend to use it!

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mathanxiety · 11/08/2011 17:00

A real name, and an old name too. Was quite popular in Ireland, probably about 70 years ago two of my secondary teachers in the early 80s bore the name I would pronounce it CORE-ah.

InstantAtom · 11/08/2011 16:59

It's a real name but it reminds me of apple corers.

Ephiny · 11/08/2011 16:48

Yes it's a real name, not very common in the UK at least, I've only met one and she was half-Spanish. I think it's a really lovely name.

LetThereBeRock · 11/08/2011 15:51

It's a real name,and a lovely one.

scarlettlips · 11/08/2011 15:27

Lovely lovely name, very unused...pronounced KOR-ah.

Cattleprod · 11/08/2011 14:06

Corah is a clothing manufacturing company in Leicester. Don't know if it's still trading, but they used to have a fantastic factory shop!!

Ophicleide · 11/08/2011 14:04

Reminds me of Glencora (aka Cora) Palliser. Very nice.

JemimaMuddledUp · 11/08/2011 14:01

I know a Kore as well Grin

My friend Cora says it Core-Uh (core as in apple).