What are your opinions on Nora?

[CheerfulYank]

It would be a nn for Eleanora. :)

Well it still makes me think of Nora Batty but I guess the current child generation won't have a clue who she is so it's probably ok and I've just seen it's you CY so will be totally irrelevant to you anyway - here she is so you know!
If your child is likely to have a big nose, I'd give it a miss though - Nosey Nora is a too-convenient nickname (again not sure about in the US though)

Eleanora is a beautiful name - just not too keen on Nora as a nn for it. :)

That picture made me LOL Thumb :o

Eleanora is a must-use for a few reasons if I ever have a DD and all the other nn are a bit overused here.

Plus, I have a Sam so can't use Ella :)

Lol at Sam n Ella! I think Nora is lovely as a nn but a step too far in old lady dept for the actual name on the bc.

Ellie is an acceptable nn for Eleanora, as is Lennie (although that might be too masculine for you?) and I'm sure Norah Jones is probably a better role model than Nora Batty
(did you check out the stockings? anyone with baggy socks/tights etc. in our yoof was told they had "nora batty legs" )

You can't spit without hitting an Ellie around these parts though. It is a nice name, but too common here :)

Love Nora and also Eleanora. I know three Noras, all in the DCs's school - well one will be there in a few years, and knew a gorgeous one growing up, a sort of alternative grandmother/fairy godmother to me.

(And I also LOVE Lennie or Lenny for a girl)

Love it.

I think of Nora Barnacle, James Joyce's wife and muse.

I really like it.

Eleonora is lovely but I find Nora a bit too frumpy/old ladyish for my liking.

How about Nell as an alternative nn?

I really like Nora as a nn (& I know who Nora Batty is!) and also Nell... Eleanora is also lovely so go for it!

Bloody Nora is/was (I may just be ancient) an alternative exclamation for 'bloody hell'. That's what I'd think of.

I really like it.

Ruddy.

I know a 40 + year old Norah.

I always thought it was a terribly old fashioned name and I would have hated it.

Hideous. Eleanora is gorgeous though

I like Nora, and love Eleanora!

I like Eleanora.

I really like Nora - simple and sweet IMO, not old ladyish.

Ever long that is what I was hinting at

I love Norah (that spelling), we can't use it sadly - surname begins with N, and is one syllable. It'd be ridiculous I really like the name.