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Original poster

What do you think of Alora?

184 replies

Salmonisthebestfish · 13/05/2025 22:24

Alora for DD due August.

And middle name suggestions. Last name is Smith.

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Bluebellrosebud · 03/07/2025 20:24

I think its beautiful.

FawnDrench · 03/07/2025 20:19

I’m getting Cilla Black vibes - a lorra lorra

lovemycbf · 03/07/2025 18:46

Honestly it’s not a nice pretty name like some
I think it sounds made up but it’s entirely subjective and your opinion only

MadKittenWoman · 03/07/2025 17:16

I really wouldn’t want my child to be named as a filler word.

MadKittenWoman · 03/07/2025 17:14

In Italian, "allora" primarily translates to "then," "so," or "well," and can also function as a filler word. It's a versatile word used to connect ideas, express consequences, or simply fill a pause in conversation.

muddyford · 03/07/2025 16:59

Like boxes of suet? Oh, that's Atora.

luckylavender · 03/07/2025 16:41

Sounds made up & try too hard

miniaturepixieonacid · 03/07/2025 16:40

I think it's pretty. I've never heard of the margarine or the suet and I don't speak Italian so I don't have any connotations of it. It's just a lovely sounding name to me.

You can't necessarily predict how a name will be heard in other languages and, unless you have a connection with the country, can't be expected to cater to it. As a student I worked in Brazil with a girl named Alison. Very, very standard 50s-80s UK female name right? No reason to worry about it. Except she was always known as Ali and, in Portuguese, ali means 'there'. So all the children would run round screeching her name and pointing all over the place, laughing their heads off. I suppose Alora would be similar for Italians.

Zempy · 03/07/2025 16:32

It does sound like some kind of cheap suet/margarine hybrid OP.

CurlewKate · 03/07/2025 16:10

Headycloud · 03/07/2025 15:39

The thing is MN cannot compute a name that isn’t Susan or John.

anything slightly different and it generates ridiculous comments.

i do wonder the demographic actually on the baby names forum especially the age of ppl responding.

i like it and i also like Elara 💓 ignore the criticism

I just don’t think naming a child a word that means “oh well” or “as I was saying” or “anyway” in the language of a country she is bound to go to is a good idea!

HugoYorway · 03/07/2025 15:53

I don't think that is true @Headycloud , but *The thing is MN cannot compute a name that isn’t Sophia or Theo.' might be.

Age will make a difference, but not necessarily in a bad way.

Headycloud · 03/07/2025 15:39

The thing is MN cannot compute a name that isn’t Susan or John.

anything slightly different and it generates ridiculous comments.

i do wonder the demographic actually on the baby names forum especially the age of ppl responding.

i like it and i also like Elara 💓 ignore the criticism

Tessa23 · 27/06/2025 21:58

Love it

tougholdbirdy · 27/06/2025 21:56

Suet

user1492757084 · 18/05/2025 09:27

Alora Smith is pretty.
Also ...
Alison Smith
Allegra Smith
Alanna Smith
Laura Smith
Arrietta Smith

anon4net · 18/05/2025 06:19

In our circle I know several Alora/Elora born in the last 2 years. Three using it as a first name and one as a middle name. Before two years ago I'd never heard of the name.

theunbreakablecleopatrajones · 17/05/2025 09:49

MelliC · 13/05/2025 22:37

Allora is Italian for "so" or "well then" or "right".
As in "right, shall we go then?"

Give the poor child a proper name!

Yep.

So no

How about Allegra?

GreeneryGrass · 16/05/2025 21:08

Not sure you'll still be reading these OP but for what it's worth, me and my husband both thought Alora sounded like a lovely name. We love a quirky name and I think that sounds lovely!

stample · 16/05/2025 20:33

known of an Ellora, Illira and Alura they are nice when said but spelling I think is challenging

HotHoney · 16/05/2025 07:03

It’s clearly not a crowd pleaser.

I think there’s an influencer on tiktok with a kid called it. She’s always wheeling her out and saying get ready with RaRa but the girl can’t speak properly yet so I’m not sure if it’s Alora or Ulura.

TooManyCupsAndMugs · 16/05/2025 07:00

Banmooo · 13/05/2025 22:31

Allora is an Italian filler word, it means well, so, then, and um.

Really bad as a name

It's also a town in southern Spain, that was my first thought when I saw it!

Scottyme · 16/05/2025 06:58

Just don’t call her something like Alora Sophie Smith because then she’d have unfortunate initials too

Scottyme · 16/05/2025 06:57

I actually instantly thought Aloha! Followed by margarine and suet.

Whilst, it’s not my cup of tea as I wouldn’t want to basically be called Um or after a contraceptive, it’s up to you. But remember your child can only hate you for it and change it by deed poll when she is old enough.

you have asked for opinions tho and that is what people have given. I’m guessing by the defensive tone maybe the dad/other family don’t like the name either, so you came on here to strengthen your argument, yet very few like it

WokeMarxistPope · 16/05/2025 06:05

thefirebird · 16/05/2025 00:34

The child could never ever visit Italy with the name Alora.

I lived in Italy for a year with a flatmate called Salma (Italian for corpse) and she was fine. There was definitely a certain brief look people got when she introduced herself but it’s not that Italians are so thick that they can’t work out that a foreigner’s name is different from the word in their language.
Alora is not the same word as allora. We don’t tell people not to call their kids Mia and Ella because those names are words in other languages.

SnowFrogJelly · 16/05/2025 01:02

Margarine!