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Hester, Willa or Cora?

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Flowerface · 23/08/2011 09:33

Is Willa too insane? I love it.

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Flowerface · 24/08/2011 17:40

What about Dorothy?

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SE13Mummy · 24/08/2011 15:08

I know a Willa and, as far as I know, she doesn't get called Willy! It's my favourite from your list (I prefer Esther to Hester and can't help but think of apples when I hear the name CoraBlush).

TrompetteMilitaire · 24/08/2011 14:10

PS Hester and Elsa don't sound anything like one another!

TrompetteMilitaire · 24/08/2011 14:09

Hester is great.

Haberdashery · 24/08/2011 14:08

Dora is very sweet but Dora the Explorer would put me off. Cora is pretty. Hester is gorgeous. Willa is lovely (and unusual, too).

Pudden · 24/08/2011 13:52

Sylvie?

Pudden · 24/08/2011 13:52

what about Serina?

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Flowerface · 24/08/2011 11:34

I think Hester and Elsa are too similar sounding, thinking about it.

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going · 24/08/2011 11:33

I really like the name Hester, probably becasue I know a lovely Hester. DOn't like the others.

minipie · 24/08/2011 11:30

What's wrong with just Dora? (Apart from the endless Explorer comments) I think it's a name by itself, isn't it?

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Flowerface · 24/08/2011 11:20

Really? I really wanted 'Dora'. But find Theodora/Isadora a bit long and flowery. I had my heart set on Pandora, but everyone took the piss so mercilessly that I gave up...

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minipie · 24/08/2011 11:15

Please, please not Doris. Please.

moonbells · 24/08/2011 10:45

Sorry second post :) Funny someone should be mentioning Elsa as well. DH's German grandmother was Else (pronounced the same as Elsa) and my aforementioned grandma Hester's middle name was Kate: if DC1 had turned out to be a girl, she'd have been called Else Kate (though it might have changed to Elsa Kate for ease of British folk!)

Still like the name a lot. DS doesn't have the same 'trip off the tongue' as this.

pommedechocolat · 24/08/2011 10:43

Cora appears to be having a surge of popularity on mumsnet at the moment.

I love it and am trying to persuade DH.

I would say Cora.

moonbells · 24/08/2011 10:41

My grandma was called Hester, invariably pronounced as 'ester. I spent years thinking her name was Esther as a result! Was quite disappointed to find out there was an interloping H... (Still prefer Esther)

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Flowerface · 24/08/2011 10:28

OK -what about Doris? Would this be an act of child cruelty or is it strangely cool?

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Hedwig3 · 24/08/2011 10:19

A lovely lovely list! Smile

Willa
Cora
Hester

in preference order but it is tricky!

MissHonkover · 24/08/2011 07:32

goinnowhere, I rather like Heater as a name, very warm sounding... Wink

CornishMade · 24/08/2011 05:01

Hester and Elsa have quite a similar sound really; I wouldn't go for it as a pair, but then maybe a similar sound is a good thing!
I love Cara - we had Cara picked for a girl, but had a boy!

sleepywombat · 24/08/2011 04:27

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mathanxiety · 24/08/2011 03:56

Elsa and Wilhelmina would be fabulously Germanic, and Willa would be lovely as a nn. Willa as a name in its own right would be great too.

I think Cora is going to be the next big thing.

Hester (or Esther) and Elsa would be a bit much.

Carina reminds me of a drippy girl I went to school with. It doesn't have the gravitas of Elsa.

Shoutymomma · 23/08/2011 21:13

Don't like Willa. Makes me think of Willo The Wisp and the voice of Kenneth Williams. Coraline is OK. Why Hesther and not Esther?

goinnowhere · 23/08/2011 20:58

I like Heater. also Wills, but nn inevitable. What about Honor?

bittentothequick · 23/08/2011 20:52

Carina is nice too.

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Flowerface · 23/08/2011 20:03

Are they ALL 'ridic'?

My Mum would probably say Willa Wonta, to be fair...

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