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Norah or Isabel

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helensburgh · 05/01/2015 22:17

Just that really!

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RoundRobinSparkles · 12/01/2015 22:03

Isabel is the most beautiful name there ever was!

And Charlotte. Charlotte is beautiful too Wink

clairemarie5 · 12/01/2015 21:58

Norah all the way!

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helensburgh · 11/01/2015 22:35

Thanks everyone.

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GoodtoBetter · 11/01/2015 22:32

Dora, dora, dora, exploradora!

clairewitchproject · 11/01/2015 22:29

I think Dora is a million times nicer than Norah.
Isabel is very very common.

MehsMum · 11/01/2015 19:26

I told my DM about 35 years ago that I liked the name Nora. She looked at me as if I just arrived from Mars and said it was a ghastly name, there were girls in her class at school called that (along with ones called Ina, Peggy, Sylvia, Monica etc: all born mid-1920s).

But I still like the name Nora. Makes a nice change from Isabel, of which there are 1000s, though it's a lovely name as well.

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 11/01/2015 18:46

Isobel.

GoodtoBetter · 11/01/2015 09:54

Don't like Norah. Makes me think of Nora Batty (I know that dates me) and I don't like the sound of it. I do like Isabel, although I'm biased with it being DD's name. It's not that common where we are (not UK) so we don't get the whole ten a penny thing with it here. I like that Isabel has lots of nice short forms: Isa, Izzie, Bella

seaoflove · 10/01/2015 17:19

Isabel/la's (plus variant spellings like Isobel and Isabelle) are ten a penny, so I would opt for Norah purely to avoid being one of three in a class.

Dukketeater · 10/01/2015 17:15

Norah

Dustybinlydia · 09/01/2015 14:53

I prefer Isabel out of the two.

I really like Thora - Unfortunate rhyming slang though.

ViolettaBridgettettette · 09/01/2015 03:27

Norah

Could easily call her Elinor and use the nn nell or Norah

professornangnang · 08/01/2015 22:17

Nora. Why the h? A million Isabels atm

FamiliesShareGerms · 08/01/2015 21:35

Loads of Isabel / Isobel / Isabelle / izzy girls round here

GreatAuntDinah · 08/01/2015 21:34

Norah is blooming awful. Sorry.

Yorkshirelassreturns · 08/01/2015 21:22

Really don't love Norah as a stand alone name but Isabel is v popular. Would you consider Eleanor as the full name and Norah as a nn?

noitsbecky · 08/01/2015 19:44

Nora! Drop the H.

There was a character on HIMYM called Nora, played by a beautiful, beautiful actress. Fell in love with the name there.

Izzy is bleughhh.

roastpots · 08/01/2015 19:42

Another vote for Nora here

WowserBowser · 07/01/2015 12:32

Nora

CrispyFern · 07/01/2015 12:26

There are sooooo many Izzys everywhere. You practically trip over one every time you go to get a biscuit out of the tin.

So, I like Norah.

looki · 06/01/2015 23:11

Isabel is so popular that I've turned off the name but understand its popularity.

I really dislike Nora and think its a plain and old fashioned. There is one in my family (about 16 years old) and I still think its an awful name.

Rhubarbgarden · 06/01/2015 22:47

Nora.

burgatroyd · 06/01/2015 19:12

Lots of Isabels so will vote Norah with H!

Chatty987 · 06/01/2015 18:56

Both are beautiful names. I'd drop the h too on Norah although I don't know why particularly - Seems to make it a bit more modern but not sure if that's a good enough reason.

Ludways · 06/01/2015 11:22

Isabel is a beautiful name, the fact there are lots of them doesn't make it less beautiful, simply overused.

I had a good friend, Nora, lovely name and much less used.

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