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Quinn or Cora

91 replies

Ek3009 · 11/05/2020 12:14

We are currently stuck between these 2 for our baby girl! I love Quinn and it goes really nice with our surname but my husband loves Cora and isn’t too keen on Quinn.

I like Cora as well but I’m not 100% on it yet.

What do you like better?

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Doryhunky · 12/05/2020 21:45

I learnt a new word!

ellenpartridge · 12/05/2020 21:34

Definitely Cora by miles

DappledThings · 12/05/2020 21:16

Quinny” was Elizabethan slang for a woman’s vagina. Like saying Fanny, Pussy or Cnt today. It could come up in GCSE or A-Level English Lit or Drama at school so perhaps potentially a bit awkward in the future.*

Although Quinny is now a brand of buggy

This is why I snigger whenever I see one of those buggies

missmouse101 · 11/05/2020 22:18

Cora is an ugly name and a kitchen implement. (Corer) Quinn is better.

Flowerpot26 · 11/05/2020 22:13

I love cora!

DramaAlpaca · 11/05/2020 21:59

Like someone said above, Quinn is a very common Irish surname. I don't like surnames used as first names in general, especially for girls, and particularly not Quinn because of the connotations mentioned by others already.

I'm not mad on Cora, but it's way better than Quinn.

babynamelover · 11/05/2020 21:22

I love Cora would have used it myself but hubby is Corie. I think Quinn is nicer on a boy but I know in lots of counties it is being used for girls.

Whatsyourflava · 11/05/2020 21:17

Cora is a great choice
Not keen on other option x

Onthehamsterwheel · 11/05/2020 20:25

Maybe Quinn and Cora aren’t the names for you? I think you both need to love a name to choose it.

daisypond · 11/05/2020 19:59

Cora. Quinn is awful.

AngelaScandal · 11/05/2020 19:47

I love Cora but also Irish so Quinn a surname and also a supermarket (Superquinn)

user1493494961 · 11/05/2020 19:44

Cora.

OVienna · 11/05/2020 18:01

I do like Quinn as a boy's name.

OVienna · 11/05/2020 18:00

www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=the+mighty+quinn

Manford Mann song - "Quinn the Eskimo"

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinn_the_Eskimo_(Mighty_Quinn)

I don't think it works well as a girl's name.

Cora is fantastic, love it.

Glitterbubbles · 11/05/2020 17:59

Cora is beautiful

RevolutionofourTime · 11/05/2020 17:57

Quinn = stripper character in sitcom How I met your mother.

Quintana?

sibbys · 11/05/2020 17:52

I love both.

Cora is much more girly
Quinn is edgy

Wheresthebiffer2 · 11/05/2020 17:07

I thought Quinn is a boy's name.

I like Cora. But what about Coraline?

Or Keir (if you like unisex names).

Flymetothestars · 11/05/2020 17:00

Cora 100%

Lovely!!

Quim - errrrr no!

123Dancewithme · 11/05/2020 16:58

Cora. Quinn is a surname. It seems very American to use it as a first name.

NoSauce · 11/05/2020 16:48

Quinn is terrible and a surname.
Not keen on Cora either. Clara is a good suggestion though.

MyHappinessProjectx · 11/05/2020 16:33

Cora

However.

It does seem inspired by Corona 🤔🤷‍♀️ tiny bit.

I dont understand the genitals thing?

Quinn is a sur name though. Not suited to being a girls name

FinallySleeping · 11/05/2020 16:29

I love Cora! Although would probably go for Coralie or Coraline and use Cora as a pet name. It's classy.

Quinn I think of as a boy's name, possibly because it reminds me of Finn or Flynn or something or that ilk.

MindyStClaire · 11/05/2020 16:29

Quinn is just a bog standard surname to me (Irish) and Cora is lovely, so no contest here.

QueenQuinn · 11/05/2020 16:28

Quinn👍