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Cora? Becoming popular?

59 replies

hithereguyss · 01/01/2023 21:46

I really like this name at the moment. Classy, known but I feel underused, still a little different. What do you think? Is it growing in popularity?

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Insomnia23 · 01/01/2023 22:12

Cora in my language means the hard edges of the bread

Ah loosely translating to 'the best bit'

RambamThankyouMam · 05/01/2023 22:47

Not a fan.

It sounds like a sleazy cockney geezer saying "Cor.... A -" and then some misogynistic slur about a woman.

Mummytobe333 · 05/01/2023 15:10

Love the name Cora! Was our baby girls name until last minute when she was born went with Thea instead (went better with Surname)

Its definitely growing (in top 100) but not majorly popular like in the top 10.

I like names that are not overly popular but not unheard of either.

GAH3 · 02/01/2023 22:32

I have one. Quite a few people have told me that their friend/cousin/neighbour has just had a baby and named them Cora but I've never actually met another (apart from a dog).

Fun fact: my dad told me yesterday that the NatWest automated voice thing is called Cora. Maybe that is a bad sign 😂

MyEasterEggs · 02/01/2023 16:22

I have a DD8 named Cora. I fell in love with it when I heard it and still love it, as does my partner and family. People often comment on how pretty it is, and it’s also slightly edgy I think. She carries it well.

You could overthink any name and come up with negative connotations. My FIL called her chicken pakora once (🖕🏻) and someone mentioned it was a supermarket chain…two negative comments in 8 years really hasn’t swayed me.

The name was about 125 she was born and had crept up in 8 years but is a slow climber. I’d still use it now!

AllyCatTown · 02/01/2023 13:48

Does it matter if it later booms in popularity? It’s always better to be ahead of popularity as her immediate peers won’t have the name.

It’s nice so if you like it go for it.

Babdoc · 02/01/2023 13:42

My late MIL, born in the 1920s, was always known as Cora. She was Dutch, and it was a diminutive of her full name Cornelia.
Nice to see it coming back into fashion.

dontcallmelen · 02/01/2023 13:41

I know a Cora she is eight nearly nine, I’m with the other poster reminds me of apple core.

Mybonnielad · 02/01/2023 13:41

One in my grandson's class.

Twizbe · 02/01/2023 13:39

I know one who's almost 6.

Dissuadepersuade · 02/01/2023 13:37

I know of 3 under 4. Its very pretty

Yesthatismychildsigh · 02/01/2023 13:36

No, I don’t know any, but it’s a beautiful name. Simple and elegant.

crumpet · 02/01/2023 13:34

I know a 6 and a 4 year old, and know of others. Definitely becoming more popular

Kobrakid · 02/01/2023 13:34

I have a Cora she’s 9. Picked after a family friend suggested it as it was his aunts name. We chose it because it’s different but still a real name. I personally think it’s a pretty name.

GoodbyeLondon · 02/01/2023 13:32

I like it. I only know one. She is probably 3 or 4

merrymelodies · 02/01/2023 13:30

I'm rewatching Downton so Cora is music to my ears!Grin

Butchyrestingface · 02/01/2023 13:26

I loved Cora in my teens - after Cora in Last of the Mohicans.

DillDanding · 02/01/2023 10:17

I know of 2, both about 1.

pretty name. I guess it’s the Downton Abbey influence.

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hithereguyss · 02/01/2023 10:16

Thanks for replies, they are helpful. I can see it's up to 146 and don't really want something as that's going to boom in popularity so that's a worry

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Consufed · 01/01/2023 22:21

It reminds me of an apple corer, sorry. Love Cara though.

22WR · 01/01/2023 22:20

I have a DD16, Cora. She didn't used to like it but has grown to like it over the years. We have Irish heritage so it was a nod to my Grandmother's side. I've only ever heard 1 other Cora, who happened to be in my daughter's year at senior school.

Insomnia23 · 01/01/2023 22:12

Cora in my language means the hard edges of the bread

bloominglovelyorange · 01/01/2023 22:11

Lovely name. Don't know any

allthegoodusernameshavegone · 01/01/2023 22:01

I know one, she’s 50 next year, sorry but I think it’s an awful name, she hates her name too.

Mexicola · 01/01/2023 21:57

It will be more popular since Downtown Abbey.

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