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leoteddy · 22/07/2014 17:47

Of Aurora for a girl? With Rory for short?

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Superrhan · 23/07/2014 09:30

I think it's very pretty and I love Rory for a girl.

Although, I love boys names on girls, which is why I struggle to like boys names, as I always think they would be better on a girl (examples: Elijah, Elliott, Ryan... Are they not just adorable girls' names!)

Big thumbs up from me.

Andcake · 23/07/2014 07:12

Lovely - hate the Disney link though. It was on our list!

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LauraChant · 22/07/2014 22:21

Wow, Molly, double yay! I have never met anyone else who has read the Aurora books and I am on a ceaseless mission to get someone to name a child Sorensen.

MollyBdenum · 22/07/2014 22:19

I loved the Aurora books, too, LauraChant. And The Changeover which got Sorensen on the boys' names long list.

rockybalboa · 22/07/2014 22:12

I met a little girl called Rory recently. I have a DS called Rory and couldn't work out what her name was short for (if anything). Pretty name if not slightly confusing.

LauraChant · 22/07/2014 22:07

For me, Aurora is the independent , dungaree wearing Danish little girl heroine of Hallo Aurora and Aurora and The Little Blue Car, so I really like it. (Her brother was called Socrates, can you imagine the Baby Names thread there?).

And I can't see the problem with Rory - Jacky, Harry, Charlie etc are all boys names that are short for longer girl's names.

ChanelCristalle · 22/07/2014 21:55

oh no!

I like rory for a boy but it's horrible for a girl. I don't like Aurora either. That's hard to say. my lips stick out like marge simpsons when I say "aurora"

ZenNudist · 22/07/2014 21:52

Terrible sorry

myotherusernameisbetter · 22/07/2014 21:51

Aurora always makes me think of the sound of a dog chewing a toffee - sorry :(

And there are far fewer boys names than girls for a start, so please leave some for the parents of boys to use as it's not like they can do the same and get into a boy named Sue scenario

MollySolverson · 22/07/2014 21:46

Surely people's first thought would be Aurora Borealis, rather than some Disney thing?!

JellyMould · 22/07/2014 21:43

I love it

stickygotstuck · 22/07/2014 21:43

BreeVDKamp, glad to see I am not the only one who only found out later in life!

Stretchmarksarethenewblack · 22/07/2014 21:40

As a huge Gilmore girls fan I love Rory for a girl x

BreeVDKamp · 22/07/2014 21:38

Oh! Wow I never knew she was an Aurora.

flipwit · 22/07/2014 21:33

Princess Aurora aka sleeping beauty! I always loved the name though, was more after the northern lights I guess than Disney...

BreeVDKamp · 22/07/2014 21:13

Who in Disney is called Aurora??? :-s

MollyBdenum · 22/07/2014 21:13

I like it.

CPtart · 22/07/2014 21:12

Dreadful, a real mouthful of a name.

stickygotstuck · 22/07/2014 21:12

Aurora is one of the names DH vetoed for DD. I did not realise at the time Disney had chosen it for one of its princesses, so DD had a lucky escape.

Shame, it's a beautiful name quite common where I come from.

As for choosing a 'nickname', just no. Or rather, it would not be a nickname but a shortening of your choice. Why not call her Rory if that's the name you like?

BreeVDKamp · 22/07/2014 21:06

Love it, know one :)

flipwit · 22/07/2014 19:41

Ha, I actually have one!
Not named after Disney though I don't really care what people think! Rory gets confusing as a nickname but I still love it. DM refuses to call her Rory though...
Go for it if you like it!

Rhubarbgarden · 22/07/2014 19:35

Giselle if you're after a ballet connection?

callipygian00 · 22/07/2014 19:33

Aurora IS nice, but I wouldn't choose it because it's too Disney. How about Aurelia?

moodymary · 22/07/2014 19:32

I think Rory is fine for a girl as a shortened version of a name.

I read a novel recently set in the 1940s that featured a female Rory but I can't remember what it was short for. She was a great character though....

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