Vera!

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I had a thrill of excitement when I saw this in the baby name book today, before that it was an old lady name!
What do you think?
Ooh think I might use it regardless... even if baby is a boy :o
I kid, I kid.
I think :o

I think it's lovely but a lot of people will say Duckworth.

There is one in my dds class, I think its really cute. Her real name Veronica which is perfectly respectable.

It's horrid.

My ds has a name that is probably the boy equivalent of Vera, we too had that same feeling, even though it wasn't a name we had ever considered.
If that's the name you like, then go for it. It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks.

Horrible!

Adore! Was at the top of my girl names list before we found out we're having a boy.

Duckworth or Lynn??

I was thinking Wang, Coccyx :o
Not really, but now that you mention it
Veronica? Is Vera not respectable on it's own?

Horrendous! How about Vita?

I like it! Was toying with using it myself if DC2 is a girl. There is a family connection so will probably use it as a middle name at least.

Vera is lovely. Works in most languages and sounds feminine. And isn't overused. What is there not to like?

Duckworth. Quite a character!

awful

My about to be born dd is going to have vera for her middle name!

Oh please, no.

I had a great aunt called Vera.

Who/what is Duckworth ? I've been in the UK for 20 years but have never heard of her... And I therefore wonder whether kids will associate the name with her..?

<a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2007/07/23/vera460.jpg&imgrefurl=www.guardian.co.uk/culture/tvandradioblog/2007/jul/23/veraduckworth&h=300&w=460&sz=38&tbnid=kK1J5aY0cdEPrM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=128&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dvera%2Bduckworth%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=vera+duckworth&docid=5tWqpzzQ-KOJAM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_2tJTrHINcSphAfOzNyeBg&sqi=2&ved=0CEYQ9QEwCA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">This is Vera Duckworth, this is wiki, and this is a fan site. As one of the characters in the most watched TV programmer for over 30 years, I think you will find an awful lot of people who know the character and they'll be around for a good while yet. Not DD's peers obviously, but the adults around her.

I love it. But the baby name book I had said it was old lady and Verity is a better (i.e. more modern) alternative!

Is that a joke

Thanks meditrina, I still don't recognise her (but don't watch that much tv). As you say, most children today would have no associations like some of you.

I still think it is a lovely sounding name that works well in most languages. And not widely used. So I'd go for it .

What? How do so many people think it's awful? I think it's brilliant, totally brilliant and I love it.

It can also be short for Verena which is a short e sound at the front (veh-ren-na) whereas Vera is a long e sound (veer-ra).

It's positively fab and anyway Vera Duckworth has been off the telly since 2008, at least 3 years before baby is born. Three years before I was born people were watching Columbo, Runaround and The Good Life. None of which I can name a single character from.

Thumbs down from me.

I prefer Verity

Are you kidding....Vera is awful.

And Veronica's get called Vronks or Ronnie.