Is Isadora pretentious?

[MockCroc]

Hi

My DH and I have been encountering difficulties agreeing on ANY names. Yesterday he came home and announced that he had a new name that he liked: Isadora. I have a clear recollection of us having a conversation about Isadora no more than 2 months ago (and it is on my shortlist as a result), but it would seem this has drifted out of his head.

Happily I like it and I particularly like Isadora Beatrice. She would be known as Dora for short, to avoid the multitude of "Izzy"s.

My only concern is whether Isadora is pretentious. I really like Theadora but have agreed to reject it for this reason. I also quite like Dorothea (anyone seeing a theme here???)!

Thoughts?

Thanks xx

I don't see how it's any more pretentious than any other obscure, old-fashioned name? Isabella would seem very pretentious if it wasn't so popular, same with Sophia.

I think it's a nice name. However, I loathe Dora. All I hear is "Dora, Dora, Dora the explorer!" from that annoying opening song. Theodora nn Thea is really nice, though! I think I like it more than Isadora, just because it doesn't sound like any popular name atm. Isadora kind of strikes me as an offshoot of the Isabel/la trend.