To call my daughter Dora?

[Laindons]

I really like the name Lydia, but it reminds me of someone who is very competitive and ambitious.. And mean. Sorry, don't think of Sense and sensibility at all.

Dora means "Gift from God", and a daughter would be just that after TTC for so long.
Yet, Dora the Explorer and the theme tune does come to mind too. Baby would be half Spanish by the way.

[Littlefluffyclouds81]

A few days ago dd1 age 11 said to me:

"I don't know why Dora calls herself an explorer when she only goes to mapped territories".

Random, but a fair point.

[TheWitTank]

I like it, but I was a big fan of the Follyfoot tv series/books as a pony mad kid and i fancied Steve.

[buildingafootieteam]

How about Nymphadora

[Eva50]

I think Pandora's nice although I wouldn't shorten it to Dora.

[IsadoraQuagmire]

ollie That's just what I was thinking, I don't remember a Lydia in Sense and Sensibility.

CallMeExhausted Me too, only the original Groucho Marx version

And what do you mean you don't like the name Isadora OP?

[ollieplimsoles]

Sorry, don't think of Sense and sensibility at all.

Isn't Lydia actually one of the younger Bennet sisters- found in Pride and Prejudice. Not in Sense and Sensibility?

[CallMeExhausted]

Ok, just hit me now... but

Perhaps this is why no one asks me about names any more

[CallMeExhausted]

Ignoring the Dora the Explorer reference, look at this pragmatically.

One of the long forms of Dora is Pandora. When she is 16, do you want some young bloke trying to get into Pandora's Box?

[LilacWine7]

I really dislike the name Dora, sorry. For me it conjures up an image of someone plain, dull, lacking intelligence or motivation. It also sounds similar to the word 'boring'.

Lydia is lovely. Timeless and elegant. I imagine a Lydia to be vivacious, ambitious, lively, clever.

[VixxFace]

dopey dora

[BackforGood]

YABU for not putting this in baby names (or, from comments above, for possibly repeating it from Baby names.

[AuntyMag10]

Goodness I didn't even link Lydia to chlamydia!

[pilates]

It's awful, Lydia is much better.

[Bettercallsaul1]

Just noticed that my post is in direct disagreement with yours, DeeWe! Not intentional!

[Bettercallsaul1]

Dora is very nice - can't think why anyone would object to it. I see it as a lovely, classic, Dickensian name. I wouldn't worry at all about Dora the Explorer - that craze will be over in a few years and be completely forgotten by the time your daughter is in her teens!

[DeeWe]

I like Dorothea and Theodora.

But Dora, despite never having watched the show, would always have my brain adding "the explorer" on the end every time I heard it.

I don't mind the name, but wouldn't choose it for that reason.

[mijas99]

Plenty of women over 50 here in Spain called Dora, often people call them Dorita.

If your baby is half Spanish then I wouldnt call them Deanna. I guess you mean Diana? Which is pronounced like Deanna in Spain!

You can't get away with funny spellings here

[raviolidreams]

Lydia rhymes with chlamydia. I cannot think of any STDs which rhyme with Dora.

[Starbrite00]

Why is this in AIBU?
Well yes you are for not putting this in baby names.

[honeylulu]

I love it. I seriously considered Isadora (I know you don't like) with Dora for short. I didn't think of Dora the Explorer. Dora was the eldest daughter in one of my favourite childhood books, the Treasure Seekers. I had a doll called Dorabella too.
Anyway when I suggested it to husband he pulled a face and said "oh no, it sounds like Doreen - an old lady name" and that ruined it for me.
Lydia is lovely and was on my short list.
Deana I don't like at all. I've known too many Deans and they've all been real wide boy types.

[AuntyMag10]

Dora sounds a bit like an older persons name. However Dora the explorer is what most people think do if you choose this be prepared to put up with comments. I prefer Lydia.

[Bunbaker]

"Okay, so what do people think of Deana then?"

Is that pronounce Deena or Dee-anna? Or is it a spelling mistake for Deanna?

[chrome100]

I was bullied at school by a girl called Dora so it's a no from me.