Dora - love the name but can it escape ‘Explorer’?

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So I have fallen in love with the name Dora. It’s short and sweet, not too feminine but still with that vintage vibe that I love. But more than that, it’s a really lovely name to honour my grandma and my husbands grandma (who is no longer with us) who are both called Dorothy. I actually also really like the name Dorothy especially with the nicknames Dottie and Dot but I think it might be a bit too much of a grandma name for us to use. I don’t love it in the same way I love Dora. However, I think Dora is a fantastic nod to their names.
My question is this. Can the name Dora escape the connotations of the tv show ‘Dora the Explorer’. Is it unusable because of this? Would it be similar to me naming my child Kermit or Hermione? Will that tv show even be relevant by the time she’s in school (still pregnant!)? And the most important, do you guys think I would be putting a target on her for easy bullying?

Thanks!!

I love it too! But already have one Spanish named DD with no Spanish connection so two would be too much theme. I don't care about associations like that, I mean it's not like it's a negative one is it. DP vetoed Flora because of the margarine but there are plenty of those. I'm absolutely dying for someone to bring out Olivia tampons and Emilia immodium. You never know what the next thing will be.

just do it. after a few weeks/days it will just be her name. everything has got alternate associations.

Ooh I'd go for it!
I'd use Theadora or Isadora and shorten to Dora

I have a Diego :) I'd go for it!