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What do you think of Dora?

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Laindons · 11/08/2015 07:56

I really like the name. I'm part Spanish (Mother is Spanish, father was an English cockney). My OH is an Essex boy.

Would my daughter be ridiculed for the name? I was hoping the TV show 'Dora the Explorer' would die down by the time she is of school age. Then again, I don't know a Thimas that gets any stuck for 'Thomas the tank'.

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Twistedheartache · 11/08/2015 08:46

Sorry just saw this on active and immediately burst into doha dora dora the Explorer.
Wouldn't use it personally.
I know a Maria, a Monica & a Berta who are all Spanish. Lots of names that work across both languages

Hellionandfriends · 11/08/2015 08:44

Then she has two options - Thea
And Dora

Hellionandfriends · 11/08/2015 08:44

I adore Theodora

Mrsindecision · 11/08/2015 08:42

As atticusclaw says, Dora the Explorer has been going strong for well over a decade (was big when my teenager was a pre-schooler!) and I don't think it will disappear anytime soon. The main difference between the two names is that Thomas has been a very popular name in the UK for many centurys (popularity dates back to the 12th Century and St Thomas Becket). It therefore isn't so readily associated with just Thomas the Tank Engine but to people's own families and other famous bearers such as Thomas Hardy etc... Dora on the other hand is not a mainstream name in the UK and is therefore more likely to be associated with the cartoon. I have nothing against the name at all (in fact I think it's quite sweet) but do think you will get a lot of explorer related comments should you use it.

atticusclaw · 11/08/2015 08:15

D d d d d Dora...... It will plague her through school. Mine are 10 and 8 and it was going strong back then so I wouldn't bank on Dora disappearing any time soon.

wigglesrock · 11/08/2015 08:12

I quite like it - I know the connection with the tv show (I've 3 eds), but as you said Thomas has survived as has Barney. Tbh most kids I know are well past Dora (even the new fangled city one Smile ) by the time they start school.

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Laindons · 11/08/2015 08:01

I respect that but isn't Thomas the tank popular too? In fact, even when in its hay day, I don't remember middle class boys being tormented.

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BigEasy · 11/08/2015 07:57

Dora is a money making machine - she will not die. Don't do it.