Aurora or sapphire?

[Thinktonk]

Please help me decide. Was a thread that I still believe is running about unique names and how awful they are and so on.

I want to avoid that. My last two names are Aurora and sapphire.
Please help me decide one.

And honest thoughts before it's to late to turn back.

Brutal honest opinions. Thanks

Aurora.

I don’t like precious gem names at all. They all sound tacky to me.

I think Aurora is very pretty.

I am not a fan of Sapphire at all!

Two very different types of names...

Aurora

Aurora is a lovely name.

I usually choose names on their 'nicknameability'. I like the kid to have at least a couple of options open to them in case they don't like the long form.

Sapphire you could have Saffie, I suppose... but you're pretty stuck with Aurora (Rory???)

Honestly, I like either. But Aurora is x1000 less bad than Sapphire.

Aurora. Sapphire is awful

Aurora is very pretty. Sapphire sounds like a made-up name to me, and so a bit try-hard somehow.

They both sound pretty bad to me. But that’s my taste and you might not like my kids names.

What nicknames might they end up with and which of those do you prefer?

I think Sapphire sounds really tacky, sorry! But Aurora is pretty (if slightly hard to live up to)

Aurora over Sapphire.

I like Aurora, but I think it's a bit of a mouthful..? I'd go with Sapphire. They're both a bit marmite, so you won't get all lovely opinions on here. I like them both equally though. Both nice and a bit hippy, but I like hippy!

Aurora can be shortened to Rory though, which I quite like.

Sapphire is lovely. Aurora is boring.

I have an unusual pet called sapphire. We shorten it to 'sapphs. I think auorora is the better of the 2 but I'm not a fan of either. I think uncommon names are uncommon for a reason

If you like Sapphire but are worried about it being too way out then how about Sophia? A similar sound but an accepted name.

Sapphire sounds like a stripper.

Aurora, would depend on your surname. Anything unusual/‘exotic’ would work better than, say, Smith.

Oh God .

Sorry, not dissing your choices but a memory popped up.

I knew an Aurora once upon a time , one of a circle of friends . Not overly close to her but she was nice enough.
ONLY issue was , she picked up the nickname Aurora the Whore !

I am not saying this may occur with yours , just that it DID with the one I knew .

Honestly, Aurora is the new Niveah in certain parts. Always nicknamed Princess Aurora and wearing a tiara. Sapphire at least can go by Saffie.

I think Aurora will make a better transition to a non-embarrassing grown up name.

There are definitely people that could pull off Sapphire very well, and I don't dislike it as a name, but it's a very extrovert and glamorous name in my opinion.

I love Sapphire. I also really like Emerald and Topaz.

To be honest they both sound a little Disney Princess/My Little Pony/Wiccan author to me, but I wouldn't comment negatively in real life. I don't know why Ruby and Pearl escape these connotations and Sapphire doesn't, but I think Sapphire is better than Aurora. Saffy is a cute enough day to day nickname.

Aurora

Honestly both are horrible! There is no good choice here...

Of the two, I'd go with Sapphire, sorry MN 😂.

Aurora I find quite hard on the ear and perhaps for little kids to say? I really dislike Rory as a nickname, but Saffy's fine.