When you hear Cora...

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....do you always think Downton Abbey?

I think of a dolly. I have no idea why. It's a rather nice name actually. You don't hear it much.

I have a Cora and never seen Downton Abbey! I became aware of the character shortly before she was born and the Eastenders one after she arrived. I am a little gutted its getting quite popular thanks to these shows! I think of the little girl Cora in Titanic :)

I don't watch Eastenders or Downton, have no prior association with the name & it makes me think of apples.

Very pretty though, I like it.

I've never been able to stand more than 5 minutes of Downton Abbey, so I didn't know there was a character called Cora.
I really like the name though. The first person I think of is Cora Pearl.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Pearl

I think of Cora from the Agatha Christie novel After the Funeral. Particularly because there was a creepy picture on the front of the edition I had

But I'm a bit weird

It's a really pretty name.

Love it. Go for it.

I don't watch any of those programmes so wouldn't associate with any of them.
I do know a Cora who is judgemental, whiney, nosey and generally just bloody rude so that would turn me off the name. Sorry.

I think of the horrible old bag on Eastenders.

Why is Cora in Downton awful?!

I also think of Last of the Mohicans! I don't watch Eastenders or Downton. Lovely name

Downton, yes.

The little girl in Titanic, love it

Didactylos I think of the Saki short story too! (though I couldn't remember the title of it).

I think it's. Lovely, I think of last of the mohicans.

I think of Aunt Cora in The Painted Garden by Noel Streatfield. That's the only Cora I can think of (don't watch Downton). I think it's a pretty name.

I have a Cora, was suggested by a family friend who had an aunt with the name. It's not common where we live, so dd has a name which is different but still a proper name iyswim. Never watched either program but I'd rather the downton association!

Loved the name since titanic she was the little girl that jack danced with.

Then they introduced it in eastenders, downton abbey, Ringer etc it put me off also was immediately vetoed my dh. Shame though as a cute name

I think of Lady Cora (Glencora) in the Palliser novels who is an interesting woman.

Loved the name, ever since I heard it in titanic. She was the little girl who jack dances with.

The battle axe in eastenders put me off along with associations with downton abbey and ringer. All the characters by that name do seen to be vile.

Plus the fact it was vetoed by dh

Think will need to watch Eastenders before short listing...
The other thing it sometimes makes me think of is an old cockney man going "Corrrr"

How funny tumble, I think of Cora Wintle, the aunt from Dancing Shoes by Noel Streatfield! She must have thought Cora was a good Aunts name!

The Waltons

Blue

Evil grandmother from 'Flowers in the Attic.

I think of solidly-built Irish women of a certain age, dressed in late 70s and early 80s fashions for stout women, hairdos to match, and always slips under their skirts. I had several teachers of that name, one of whom taught Home Ec, and it is her image that makes the name seem really out of place in Downton Abbey.