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Do you like the name Zara?

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Minniebrown · 22/07/2015 23:19

I love the name but bothers me that everyone shops at Zara, including myself!
Do people like the name and would you be put off by the shop name?

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BikeRunSki · 22/07/2015 23:20

I really like the name, but dislike the shop!

MargoReadbetter · 22/07/2015 23:22

I too like the name. I think I should like the shop but nothing ever fits me from there. I'm an average shape and size.

DramaAlpaca · 22/07/2015 23:23

I like the name. I didn't think of the shop when I saw your thread title.

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Minniebrown · 22/07/2015 23:24

Haha I also have that trouble Margo.
But would it put you off naming your girl Zara?

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reuset · 22/07/2015 23:24

I do like the name. The shop, not so much.

Salarynamechange · 22/07/2015 23:25

I like the name and the shop doesn't put me off, but when I mentioned it my friend said oh no you can't use that, because of the shop!

Wolfiefan · 22/07/2015 23:26

I thought of Zara Phillips!

MargoReadbetter · 22/07/2015 23:27

The shop wouldn't put me off at all. Zara is a nice name. If you'd said Lakeland or Paperchase, maybe a gentle nudge towards more mainstream names. I have a friend with a dd Zara (half-Iraqi).

reuset · 22/07/2015 23:28

The shop wouldn't put me off, I should have added.

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Minniebrown · 22/07/2015 23:29

Better scratch Paperchase from my short list then..oh well!

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MargoReadbetter · 22/07/2015 23:30

Smiggle is the new kid on the block.

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Minniebrown · 22/07/2015 23:30

Thanks reuset

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BothEndsBurning · 22/07/2015 23:36

Zara says Princess Anne's daughter to me. I've never met anyone called Zara.

I'm not really aware of the shop. Don't think there is one near me.

Sophronia · 23/07/2015 00:47

I like it.

motherofallhangovers · 23/07/2015 00:53

I also like the name and didn't think of the shop.

HelenF35 · 23/07/2015 01:12

Hate the shop (mainly because my massive boobs won't fit in anything!), love the name.

clearasmud · 23/07/2015 01:20

Love the name. I know a 30 year old Zara and thought of her, not the shop.

scrivette · 23/07/2015 01:36

I first thought of Zara Phillips too it the shop.

scrivette · 23/07/2015 01:36

'Not'

fukkigucci · 23/07/2015 01:44

I would use it.... except I already have a little girl called Sara.....

tomatodizzymum · 23/07/2015 01:45

I do but it does remind me of the shop. How about Lara, Kara, Cara or Yara/Iara?

BreeVDKamp · 23/07/2015 02:22

Loooove it, it's my chosen girls name! :)

freddyfucktard · 23/07/2015 02:30

That's my name Grin

freddyfucktard · 23/07/2015 02:34

Nice to see so many people actually like my name lol, I didn't like it for a period of time because I thought it was too girly for me (bit of a tommy) but I actually love my name now and I have only ever known two other people with it

HighOverTheFenceLeapsSunnyJim · 23/07/2015 08:39

I like it. I know a Zahra which escapes the shop association somewhat.