Isadora or Jocasta?

[McMW]

Help me decide!?!?

Definitely prefer Isadora. When Mumsnetters are talking about middle class mums who are loud parenting they often use Jocasta as the child's name in the example of it they give.

Ha ToffeeCaramel, I would be one of those Mumsnetters.......!

I don't like either of them, but Isadora is the better of the two. Elizabeth is lovely though.

Jocasta is the sister of Tarquin and has 'loud' parents.

What is the boy name that people use? Tarquin is it?

Oh yes Tarquin.

www.essentialmums.co.nz/little-kids/preschool/education-play/8968855/Paying-for-playdates

The above is an article about pushy mums and there is mention of "Tarqin and Jocasta"

I totally agree, ToffeeCaramel.

In fact whenever DW books us onto some very middle-class family activity, I sit there waiting to hear the over-pukka names called out - and Jocasta and Tarquin are definitely on the list.....And Issy (Izzy) would be too....

Isadora

Jocasta is a fantastic name. Isadora lovely too, lucky girl.

Whichever you choose (Isadora would be my choice), since both end in -a it's not ideal to have a middle name starting with a vowel. There is an awkward sort of hiccup when you say the names together. Plenty of people will say this doesn't matter, but I would avoid it.

I love Isadora. It’s a such pretty name among all girl names.

Isadora Beth / Bethony
Isadora Eleanor
Isadora Libby
Isadora Alice
Isadora Anais

Isadora is awesome. Not a fan of Jocasta, sounds pretty mumsnet to me...

IN OTHER NEWS...

Isadora will instantly become "Issy" or "Dora" and Jocasta will, of course, become "Jackie".

Would you have named your daughter Issy, Dora or Jackie?
If not, think again. From scratch.

At my school a girl called Isadora or Jocasta would VERY quickly have been picked on / bullied / isolated. Perhaps you have very expensive educational plans but even if you do, I'd still think twice...

Honestly I can't imagine either name would be easy or comfortable to live with through adolescence or even early twenties in the real word. So when does either of these become a great name to have?

Jocasta definitely. Just advise her against calling her son Oedipus, should she ever be tempted

Isadora is lovely. I don't understand the logic that someone with a more unusual name is ripe for bullying. My DS has one of these 'marmite' names that Mumsnetters regularly slate as 'try hard/pretentious/ripe for bullying' tv etc. Surely if children bully someone for having a more unusual name they must learn this attitude from their parents?

I quite like Jocasta. But both are a bit long and frilly for my taste.

Isadora - i considered it for a girl but I know lots of Issy's I don't like
and despite her rather surprising death Isadora Duncan was fabulous, controversial and a worthy name sake of any girl!

Isadora makes me think of the TV series Wizadora shows age

Nowt wrong with Isadora. The first thing you think of when you hear the name is "famous dancer", with "memorably strange death" a long way second.

Jocasta OTOH, has 3 and only three connotations:
"Stereotypical pretentious name given by dreadful Loud parents"
"Married her son in Greek tragedy and came to an appalling end"
"My wife's just auditioned for Sophocles. Jocasta? No, she was terrible."

Whilst I have a soft spot for the last joke, it's really not enough to make up for the first two, and I would think that anyone who chose it was probably ignorant of the background (see also, Cassandra, Heathcliff).

Isadora. For me Jocasta is up there with things like Adolf and Myra as a name you do not want to give your child. Isadora is pretty.

Isadora

Both names make me think of hideous endings - Isadora Duncan being strangled by her scarf and Jocasta, mother of Oedipus!

Um. Honestly?

Yes but it was about 100 years ago! How does this impact on a name choice now. I like both. Why use both somehow? Jocasta is usually Cassie. Many names and surnames can lead to unflattering name calling. I also like Jaquetta.