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.

I prefer Lydia.

I like it.

Plenty of people name their sons Thomas without worrying about tank engines, I wouldn't let the exploradora put me off.

Love it but as pp have said Theodora is gift from God.

Of the three, I like Deanna best. I don't mind the others, but I personally wouldn't chose them.

But then I chose a name for my DD that people often get wrong, or if they get it right think she's a boy. So what do I know?

(But she is a teenager and loves her name, so don't care what others think. Neither should you, op)

We have a daughter with one of the longer names you mentioned above, which I love, and she has started calling herself Dora (18m) it's super cute, I love it!

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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

It's awful, Lydia is much better.

Goodness I didn't even link Lydia to chlamydia!

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

dopey dora

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.

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?

Ok, just hit me now... but

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