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.

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?

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?

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

How about Nymphadora

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

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.