Isadora, Dorothea, Callidora, Minodora...?

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What do you think about these and other "dora" names?

I like Isadora, really like Dorothea some lovely nicknames, Dora, Dotty, Thea, As soon as people know her and the name is familiar whatever you choose will become less unusual.
My daughters have friends who had flowery and unusual names, that initially I had to think about to pronounce. Now it is just who they are. They quickly become unremarkable.

Makes me think of Wizardora

Wizadora
We adore 'er
She's the one who will brighten up your day...

OP
Doreen, you forgot Doreen! Not sure that your baby would ever forgive
you for it though

How about Eleadora, I think I just made that up (at least I have never heard anyone called that). Like Eleanor but Eleadora (pronounced Ella dora.)

Love Dorothea and Theodora, not keen on the rest.

Exactly @RebeccaCloud9

Tinty

I really don't like Doreen

DH has just suggested Pandora. What do you think about that one?

Isadora and Dorothea are both lovely. Both names give you and your daughter lots of shortened options too. I like 'Dotty' and 'Dora'.

The other two sound 'made up' and people will think they are, even if they are not.

I like Pandora too.

honey

The other two sound 'made up' and people will think they are, even if they are not.

Yes... :-/ But they honestly aren't. (Menodora, Nymphodora and Metrodora were actually early Christians)

I like Pandora as well.
Amadora, Pandora and Theodora really are lovely "dora" names imo.

Isadora is really nice, but I'm an Isadora Duncan fan so probably biased

I like Dora! Isadora amadora Theodora are all lovely options I think. Personally I’m less keen on Pandora

Couldn’t do Isadora as Isadora Duncan died so horrifically.
I like Theodora

I’d avoid Nymphodora.

I like Dorothea but I prefer Thea to Dora as a shortening. Isadora is really pretty but clunky. I like Pandora a lot but I don’t know if Dora is a common shortening.

If you like Dora just call her Dora.

I’d avoid Nymphodora.

Oh, definitely. I've never considered Nymphodora (or Metrodora).

Pandora a lot but I don’t know if Dora is a common shortening

I also like the nn Panda, tbh

Would the Pandora myth bother you?

If you like Dora just call her Dora

It's a bit short, there's exploradora and I'm not too fond of the nn Dory, tbh.

Anesidora?

Pandora, Pandora! Absolutely brilliant name in my opinion.

My dd is four months old; is it too late to change her name?

There is Medora. It came up in a Ruth Rendell book (character wasn't very nice though!) and apparently the charcter's parents got it from a poem by Lord Byron. I think it's quite pretty, and as it's shorter, less likely to be shortened to just Dora.

I also like Isadora and really like Dorothea.

Oh! I see you do want Dora as a nickname.

Agree that Amadora is also nice.

rat

Pandora really is lovely, isn't it? I'm glad DH suggested it.

Would the Pandora myth bother you? But then again, people still use Eva / Eve...

Medora is interesting. Thanks :)
www.behindthename.com/name/medora/submitted

just Dora. The others are too fanciful.
Doreen?

Pandora has a nice sound, and I don't think the myth would bother anyone, but does nobody else think of Adrian Mole? Pandora was his love object, she had 'treacle-coloured hair' apparently and eyes like his dog!

'I'm profoundly in love with Pandora
My poem has an intellectual theme
The tenderness with which I adore her
Goes all bouncy in my dreams'

As in the Ian Dury theme tune.

Really not keen on any of them but love Pandora!

Pemba

Yes, Dora is a lovely nn imo :)

I rather like that Pandora doesn't have any religious connotations, tbh. (well, unless someone happens to worship the Greek deities.)

But the possible stigma (because of the Pandora myth) does worry me a little.

Is Callidora "too much"?

The myth wouldn't bother me at all; in fact I might even quite like its mythical connection.

Medora's nice too, although it makes me think of Midori, the delicious, dayglow-green melon liqueur; which isn't an entirely bad thing