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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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Allflightscancelled · 11/05/2020 16:23

I also think Quinn is a boy's name. I was going to use it for my son. Except he turned out to be a girl, so I didn't.

Lonan · 11/05/2020 16:21

Cora

villamariavintrapp · 11/05/2020 16:10

Cora. Because quim.

rayoflightboy · 11/05/2020 16:03

Quinn is lovely.Cora is an old ladies name,I don't like it.

And Quinn does not remind you of Quim.

Carrie7469 · 11/05/2020 16:01

Not Quinn for a girl. Not mad keen on Cora either, but it's better than Quinn.

Stinkyjellycat · 11/05/2020 15:56

Cora.
Quinn sounds like a boy’s name.

Pemba · 11/05/2020 15:54

Not mad on either, but of the two I'd say Cora, because it is a clearly recognisable girls' name. Although I'd say Dora or Laura, Maura, Nora or Flora are all nicer. Or Thora!

Quinn could be read as masculine, it also has rude connotations (although a bit dated now, but they're still there in literature, as a pp said). It doesn't even have a nice sound really.

keepingbees · 11/05/2020 14:32

Cora makes me think of an apple core (sorry.)

I was never keen on Quinn before before but my DD is friends with one and she's lovely, very sweet and bubbly.

Susanna85 · 11/05/2020 14:29

So very put off Cora at the moment.
Too much of a Cor(on)a reminder.

It's just wrong place, wrong time. Go with the other one

LotusClover · 11/05/2020 14:21

Not keen on Quinn at all.

Cora is a slightly better but sounds like "corer" - makes me think of an apple corer. Clara and Cara are much nicer.

Edenember · 11/05/2020 14:10

Cora is lovely x

emmathedilemma · 11/05/2020 13:36

Cora
Quinn is harsh and I'd have thought if was a boy's name.

greathat · 11/05/2020 13:25

Every Cora I've taught (not been many of them) have been absolutely lovely

NameChange84 · 11/05/2020 13:14

Sorry I should have clarified what I meant by Quinn sounds rude!

“Quinny” was Elizabethan slang for a woman’s vagina. Like saying Fanny, Pussy or C*nt 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 Confused.

TheQueensCousin · 11/05/2020 13:12

Quinn sounds like Quim to me 🥺 I think she might get called this as a joke when she's older!

HaveAtEm · 11/05/2020 13:07

Cora for me too...I also thought Quinn was a boys name (but I guess lots of names can be both so 🤷‍♀️). It just 'sounds' a bit more masculine to me...I don't dislike it as a name though...it's a lovely name 🥰

june2007 · 11/05/2020 13:04

Cora, Wuinn I think of as a last name and if I do think of it as a first name it,s for a boy. (I know it can be used for both, just my preference.)

iVampire · 11/05/2020 13:00

Cora for a girl

Quinn if it’s a surprise boy

HailHydra · 11/05/2020 12:59

Quinn seems very masculine. Cora is beautiful

Boogabug · 11/05/2020 12:55

Aw I love Quinn! ♥

vulvic · 11/05/2020 12:48

I also know 3 girl Quinns (one is nearly 30!) and no boy Quinns at all.

vulvic · 11/05/2020 12:47

Quinn is absolutely gorgeous for a girl, my all time favourite.

Chewbecca · 11/05/2020 12:47

Cora.
I was expecting Quinn to be your boy’s name.

beela · 11/05/2020 12:46

I thought quinn was a boys name too.

Cora is lovely, but a bit to close to coronavirus for me at the moment (even though its not really very close).

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