Laura, too safe and boring?

[PoultryInMotion]

Anyone who searches my previous threads will know I'm giving this girls name thing far too much thought!

So the latest list is

Laura - I think it's reasonably unusual for a baby < waits to be corrected > but although it's lovely, it smacks of safe and boring!

Susannah - To be shortened to Susie most likely. I like it. I'm not sure whether I love it or not

Elsa - what if she becomes Ellie? (which I don't really like) or she gets called Elephant or something < playground taunts coming back to haunt me >

Tell me how great one of the names are and sway me! TIA!

No, no, no. You are all WRONG!!! My name is Laura and it is boring, boring, boring - I hate it! Do not inflict it on anybody else, please! It doesn't even have an interesting meaning. It is as dull and safe and boring as you can get. (I'm a Laura Grace too - my family's saying was 'Laura Grace with the dirty face'. Yup, thanks for that, Mum.)

Laura the Borer.
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Beans and anony

Are you related? It's a small world, you know

'Fraid not, Asinine - the chances of my brother describing me as his 'gorgeous younger sister' are about as remote as Kerry Katona describing the Queen as her long-lost real Mum!

It is rather dull IMO, I would go for Lara instead.

Anon

In my age group- late twenties- Laura is v v common. But I agree it's not used for babies much nowadays.
Of all your names I like Susie best.

I love Laura as it's the name of one of my favourite childhood authors, Laura Ingalls Wilder.

It was on the shortlist for DD for a while but DH decided he had gone off it. Still think it's a lovely name.

It's pretty. Not dull at all. I don't think so.

I like both Laura and Susannah - although both are my children's middle names.

Sorry, I also thought Lion when I heard Elsa.

My DD2 has one Laura in her class, but that is the only child Laura I know. Its not at all common these days. My DD is a Katherine - but is only one of 2 Katherines at her school. Names we considered unusual, like Isabel, Maddie, Emilia seem two a penny though. Yes, very common names for our age group, but not for our children's.

I like Laura. What about Lara? It's a bit less safe IMO.

Thank you all for the input. Yes Laura was fairly popular in my generation (I'm nearly 27) so I figured their wouldn't be many as they are the mothers names!

I'm pre-born free so it didn't occur to me but yes I've had a few people say Elsa was a lion

I suggested Lara to DH but he says he thinks 'Croft' I think it's nice though.

I'm a Laura and I've always loved my name

I'm a Laura, in mu thirties and it's very common (and therefore dull) for my age group. I lived with 3 other Laura's in mu first year at uni.

But for a baby, I think it could work. I like Sarah for the same reason.

Can't say I prefer Lara, either.
All lovely names, OP. You can't go wrong. Makes a nice change from the ubiquitous Freya-Ruby-Isobel-Evie-Jessica-Lauren hordes (I unimaginatively have one of those, too).

Laura is lovely.

I like Laura and have only good associations with the name (went to school with two, born in the 60s), but I prefer Laurel.

Laura is lovely

I am a Laura and I have an Elsa.

When I was growing up I thought Laura was dead boring because of the absence of nickname potential, but now I like it, and think that might be an advantage!

I never thought the Born Free association was a reason not to use a name...

But I really like Laurel too.

Just to show that ANY name can have multiple nicknames - here are some of the things we called our friends who were named Laura:

Laus
Lozenge
Lolly
Lausy
Lau (pronounced Law)
Lo lo
Laura Paura

None of them bad, and maybe not really proper nicknames - but there you are :)
Anyway, Laura is a nice name - and certainly unusual for a baby.

I have a Laura

If you think Laura is too boring, perhaps you could choose a more outlandish unusual name as a middle name. An animal name perhaps. What about Aardvark?