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Down to three! Help please

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BlackberryandNettle · 14/03/2014 21:22

Just been out with dh discussing name options for baby due next week.

We have settled on a boys name and backup but finding girls much harder - down to three.

They are:

Lara
Anna
Cordelia

Which would you pick? I'm a little worried Cordelia is a mouthful with our surname but dh is quite keen on it.

Any middle name suggestions welcome too!

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MamaPingu · 15/03/2014 13:58

Anna is my favourite then Lara!

Cordelia is too fussy for me, reminds me of someone snooty sorry!

NadiaWadia · 15/03/2014 13:57

Anna is a great name, simple, classic, could be from many countries, and absolutely timeless.

Lara has a great sound, romantic 'Dr Zhivago' associations (never mind Lara Croft Tomb raider!). A very cool name, though possibly it may date a bit?

Cordelia is quite nice, but not in the same league as the other two.

thegreylady · 15/03/2014 13:31

I only know one little Anna [aged 5] and think it is a lovely name and Cordelia works as a middle name too. Lara just makes me think of Lara Croft I'm afraid.

Benchmark · 15/03/2014 13:19

Anna! This is one of my favourite names, with the cute nn Annie. I can't use it as it's DH's sisters name, otherwise it would be my number 1.
Not keen on Cordelia, and Lara is just ok.

Octopusinabunchofdaffodils · 15/03/2014 12:43

Anna or Cordelia but not Lara, isn't Lara the character from a computer game?

Martorana · 15/03/2014 12:41

Anne Cordelia. And buy her a complete set of Anne of Green Gables to read to her as soon as possible!

indecisivedaisy · 15/03/2014 12:39

Anna. A great, classic, international, classy yet class-less name.

Lara is nice, but only in some accents IMO (suits softer and RP type accents maybe?).

Cordelia is too frilly for my taste personally, but pretty nevertheless.

mumbaisapphirebluespruce · 15/03/2014 12:26

Lara. Lara Sophie is nice, I think Lara Sophia sounds a bit better though.

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BlackberryandNettle · 15/03/2014 11:00

Lara not Kara!

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BlackberryandNettle · 15/03/2014 11:00

Thanks everyone. Not much of a consensus then! Not keen on Gordy as a nickname for Cordelia, I was thinking Cora or Celia but can't control other people when it comes to giving them nicknames!

Anna Cordelia has a nice ring to it. Considering Kara Juliet? Lara Sophie? Not sure which.

Mummeeee - boys name is Toby, backup Edward.

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Auntimatter · 15/03/2014 07:50

If you wanted a child called Annie, surely you'd call her Annie!

BikeRunSki · 15/03/2014 07:15

Anna with Cordelia as middle name

Hooleywhipper · 15/03/2014 07:10

Lara is my fav

aGirlDownUnder1 · 15/03/2014 07:08

Lara :)

wigglesrock · 15/03/2014 06:55

Dd3 is Anna - out of my 3 it's probably the name I get most complimented on. Lara floated about our list for a while as well.

Cordelia is nice, I know most sensible people think King Lear, but it'll always be a Buffy name to me Blush

Mireio · 15/03/2014 01:30

Definitely Anna.

Orangeisthenewbanana · 14/03/2014 23:56

Lara is my favourite out of those 3

BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 14/03/2014 23:12

Oh and Anna might not have a shortening, but she could be Annie if you want a nickname, which is lovely :)

BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 14/03/2014 23:10

Anna.

Cordelia should be good but somehow isn't! Looks prettier than it actually sounds and she will end up as Cord/Cordy (hmm) or Delia (Smith, also 'ailed' backwards).

Lara just isn't in the same class as Anna, so no. Anna is classic.

GlaikitFizzog · 14/03/2014 23:08

Lara cordelia! And get a cat to call anna?!

BlackeyedSusan · 14/03/2014 23:07

using elizabeth as a middle name will not upset your friend. anyway I bet your friend is not going to be around for the next 80 years or so that your daughter will have the name.

GimmeDaBoobehz · 14/03/2014 23:01

Anna or Cordelia.

Auntimatter · 14/03/2014 22:35

And I agree with RiverTam - shortenings are horrible.

Auntimatter · 14/03/2014 22:35

Surely she has to be Anne Cordelia?

RiverTam · 14/03/2014 22:34

Anna
Cordelia (though hate Cordy, what's the matter with just Cordelia? MN never seems to be able to cope with long names, don't understand it)

don't really like Lara.

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