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Baby name Leonora?

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ghouliee · 29/07/2024 21:42

What are your thoughts? What would you nickname (if anything)? Thanks

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Hannahspeltbackwards · 02/08/2024 16:46

I absolutely love Leonora.

It would have been on my shortlist if OH hadn't objected (along with Eleanora and Theodora).

If I had a Leonora, I would shorten to Nori (Nor-ee like Nora but with an ee sound).

GoldenLegend · 02/08/2024 16:40

Love it. Shorten it to Lee.

moonshinepoursthroughmywindow · 31/07/2024 08:56

Ooh, I rather like this. I'd probably call her Leonora in full, but wouldn't mind Leonie or Leona as a short form. I don't really like Nora.

CakeAtFour · 30/07/2024 23:20

It’s a pretty name. I know an older woman with this name and her nn is Lonnie.

Mmmkaay · 30/07/2024 23:18

Lee is a very classy nn. Like Lee Miller, who was pretty damn cool!

LionAndEmperor13 · 30/07/2024 23:17

Love the name. I have a Leon who's nearly 13 and he really likes his name. (Not the same name obvs but quite similar)

PadstowGirl · 30/07/2024 23:11

It's not my cup of tea at all. Bit too much like Lenor.

Grannyinnwaiting · 30/07/2024 23:02

gorgeous, elegant and unusual without being wierd or out there

BetteLaSwet · 30/07/2024 17:02

I like Lennie and Lea for nns but I guess Nelly would potentially work too

Luluem · 30/07/2024 10:38

I wanted Leonora for this pregnancy but husband vetoed, I think it’s a lovely name! With nn I was thinking Leah which obviously goes against what others have posted here, but that’s the one that came to my mind.

PerkyMintDeer · 30/07/2024 10:35

ladygindiva · 30/07/2024 10:11

🤣🤣🤣 thank goodness auntie noni passed away before this was a thing, I withdraw my suggestion 🤣🤣🤣🤣

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I feel the same about Great Aunt Fanny and Uncle Dick who was the proud owner of the largest cock in the village but unpopular as it used to wake every one up at the crack of dawn and beat all the other cocks in fights!

It's sad though because Noni actually is a sweet name (and I taught a little Noni-Rose about 15 years back, poor kid).

ladygindiva · 30/07/2024 10:11

PerkyMintDeer · 29/07/2024 22:21

These days "Noni" is another word for Vagina, sorry! 😳I'm a lecturer and it's what I hear my students saying a lot.

For the love of God OP please don't nn her Noni!

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Noni&page=2

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🤣🤣🤣 thank goodness auntie noni passed away before this was a thing, I withdraw my suggestion 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Treesnbirds · 30/07/2024 09:48

I love the nn Leo for a girl! You'll find your own nicknames emerge anyway.

Strokethefurrywall · 30/07/2024 00:18

Zampa · 29/07/2024 21:47

I have a Leonore and she was mainly called Leo, until she started school with a Leo and now she doesn't want a boys' name.

She doesn't mind Nornor, Norster, Neenor or Noodle!

Awwww my 73 year old mum is Lenore and my nana used to call her Neenor. Love that the same type of nicknames are still going strong!

theduchessofspork · 29/07/2024 23:54

I like it, the one I knew was Tibby when little, usually Leo now.

ZittiEBuoni · 29/07/2024 23:44

I absolutely love it and wish I could have overruled DH and had it for DD2. Had to compromise with something similar, but in my head she's a real Leonora.

Moreteaandchocolate · 29/07/2024 23:40

Leonora is gorgeous! How about Lea as a nn?

PerkyMintDeer · 29/07/2024 22:21

ladygindiva · 29/07/2024 22:18

I had an auntie Nora who's nickname was Noni ( know knee) which I think is really cute. I don't know if that's a thing or was just her.

These days "Noni" is another word for Vagina, sorry! 😳I'm a lecturer and it's what I hear my students saying a lot.

For the love of God OP please don't nn her Noni!

www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Noni&page=2

TowerStork · 29/07/2024 22:20

I know someone whose daughter has this name and they sometimes shorten it to Lennie. But the full name is lovely and they mostly use that

PetulantPenguin · 29/07/2024 22:20

Love it. Leonie was on my list but I think Lenora is better

HeySummerWhereAreYou · 29/07/2024 22:19

Not a fan. Sounds a bit like a detergent to me. 😬

ladygindiva · 29/07/2024 22:18

I had an auntie Nora who's nickname was Noni ( know knee) which I think is really cute. I don't know if that's a thing or was just her.

Dartmoorcheffy · 29/07/2024 22:07

I think lennie sounds great as a girls name

JimNast · 29/07/2024 22:06

Leo for a girl is dreadful. Leonie is OK.

PerkyMintDeer · 29/07/2024 21:53

I LOVE it. It's very gothic heroine.

The one I know pronounces it Lay-oh-nora and her nickname is Leo pronounced Layo.