Isadora

[justpotteringabout]

Honest opinions please. I do love this name but concerned about the trillion Izzy's out there.

I think I like it, but I've always wondered of it is pronounced iz-a-door-a or ice-a-door-a. Sorry for bad phonetics!

I think either Iz-a-door-a or Iss-a-door-a

I just see it as parents wanting a different version of Isabelle.

I prefer Isabelle, Isobel, Isabella.

I really loved this name for DD, but DH prefers really traditional names. I have always said it Iz-a-door-a. I would have liked to use Dora as a nickname as it reminded me of the fabulous chorus girl Dora Chance in Angela Carter's Wise Children and Door in Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman; both are great namesakes. Isadora Duncan was an amazing character, but along with her talent she had an incredibly sad life, though this wouldn't put me off.
Hope you use it!

Means 'Gift of Isis' also, so quite different origins to Isabelle et al.

Makes me think of Fear of Flying, the "zipless fuck". Positive association for me.

Too long and frilly for me. I suspect she'd spend a lot of time being called Isabella by mistake.

Isabella (and all it's various spellings) is very pretty but, as you say, completely overused, sadly. Isadora to my ears just isn't a nice sound. Because its pronounced Iz-a-DOR-a, it sounds quite clunky & frumpy. Just my opinion, I'm sure I'm in a minority!

I think it's quite likely it would be shortened to Dora rather than Izzy as the 'Dora' is by far the strongest part of the name. However, if the hard 'Dora' bit is what you like, then you should go for it.

I have an Isadora, and we love the name. We've really only ever had positive comments on it, and people seem to feel it's really unusual so doesn't get filed in the Isabelle/Isabella category.

It's pronounced Iz-a-dora. Only one person (the GP) has ever called her Ice-a-dora, which I'm not keen on!

She doesn't get called Izzy, because we consciously don't call her that as it wasn't the bit of the name we liked. Her nickname is very definitely Dora, and all our friends call her that, as do other toddlers (as it's easier to say than the full name - sounds soooo cute).

I was a bit worried when she was born that it was a bit too 'grandiose' but she wears it really well and no one has ever said anything about it (apart from MN where some people did say it was pretentious...but it's each to their own).

YoungBritish I didn't know about the fear of flying connotation?! The only one I knew of was Isadora Duncan, the somewhat notorious '30s dancer. DH will be less than thrilled if there is another, ahem, wild, Isadora as a namesake!

Lovely but does make me think of the 90s kids TV show Wizadora.

It's all right.

Just don't let her wear long scarves near motor vehicles.

Makes me think of Isadora Quagmire in the Lemony Snicket books. She was a cool girl!

I love it. Dora is a great nn. I also like Dorothea with nn Dora, Dotty or Thea. Isolde is also nice.

If my 2 week old DS had been a DD, he would've been an Isadora. I like the nn Dora or Dotty or Doro. Brilliant name!

Ooooh someone also told me they had a sister called Theadora with the nickname Dolly, which I also love as a nn for Isadora.