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Sophie, Laura or Cora

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cerropotosi · 13/04/2020 08:09

Any thoughts on these names? Ideally I'd love to hear why you like or dislike them. Also, if there are 5 in your child's nursery approximately where in the country (or elsewhere) that is. Thank you!

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BabynameKiwi · 13/04/2020 08:18

My favourite of the three is Cora.
I live in NZ and know many Sophies but they are all between 10-20 it was really popular here that many years ago :). Laura seems to be more of an older person name here too most are over 30. But Cora seems very young and fresh and girly without being cutesy- yet to meet one but there was 50 born here last year and 49 the year before.

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cerropotosi · 13/04/2020 08:29

Thank you @BabynameKiwi. Yes that is my feeling about Cora too. I'm just a bit worried it'll become super "trendy" (it's just outside the top 100 in the UK right now but on an upward curve).

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trinity0097 · 13/04/2020 08:30

I love Sophie and Laura, both classic timeless names.

Cora on the other hand, never heard it as a name and I’m a teacher. Sounds made up and trendy!

HunterHearstHelmsley · 13/04/2020 08:31

I like Cora. Laura seems a bit 80s to me and Sophie is a bit overused (since the early 90s!)

LizzieAnt · 13/04/2020 08:48

I love Cora too. Laura would be my second choice.

Emthebaker · 13/04/2020 08:50

Cora always reminds me of the little girl from Titanic who Jack dances with! I think it’s really beautiful. I do know what you mean about it rising.. I was dead set on the name Arthur for a boy since I first heard it ten years ago at the age of fifteen, had a little boy last year and it’s a Top Ten name! I know one other Arthur in our sensory group, but it really doesn’t bother me, so you just have to weigh up how much you’d care I suppose Smile

Petiolaris · 13/04/2020 08:50

Cora. Or possibly Cara?

Miraclescometrue · 13/04/2020 08:51

Sophie.

Don’t like Cora at all.

Lou670 · 13/04/2020 08:52

My youngest daughter is called Laura. I love it as it is not popular in her age group (she is now 18). She was the only Laura at her primary school. I love the name Sophie. Cora to me seems a name I would associate with an elderly woman. I think there was a Cora in EastEnders (Tania's mum).

Chocolatecake12 · 13/04/2020 08:52

Cora is my favourite out of your choices and the least popular I would say.
Sophie is a lovely name but very popular and added with the Sophia’s I think you’d come across many.
Laura seems dated to me but is still a nice name. Lauren seems a bit more modern but still more 90’s than now.

Bluntness100 · 13/04/2020 08:52

Laura for me, classic and pretty name.

Astronica · 13/04/2020 08:58

I love Laura and Sophie. I know they were very popular a while back but they just always feel lovely to me. Laura is my favourite I think. I just don't like the sounds of Cora. I know a 5 yr old Laura and a 10 yr old Sophie.

Starlight1243 · 13/04/2020 09:00

Sophie is by far the best I have a daughter called Sophie who's 6 shes the only one in her class.

ACertainSupermarket · 13/04/2020 09:01

Cora. Lovely and unusual.

Whatsyourflava · 13/04/2020 09:02

Love Cora , never met one
Infact love all three of your names. Favourite probably Sophie. I’ve not met a baby Sophie.

Whatsyourflava · 13/04/2020 09:03

Alternative Cleo

RoseLalique · 13/04/2020 09:03

Laura is a lovely name. Was v popular though as I was growing up. Sophie is also lovely but again has been popular through the years. Not that there’s anything wrong with choosing a popular name; they’re well-used for a reason!

Cora is ok, inoffensive enough, but reminds me of apple cores and is quite harsh-sounding. I prefer Dora.

Orphlids · 13/04/2020 09:09

All three of your names are very nice, so you can’t go wrong! I know a few little girls named Cora, and I think it’s a little bit in the trendy camp at present. But a pal recently named her daughter Laura, and although it was incredibly popular in the 80s, it was so unusual to hear it given to a baby, that I heard it with fresh ears, and was really surprised by its beauty.

Lucked · 13/04/2020 09:11

The only thing about Cora is that there are two
pronunciations I know two and they both pronounced differently. One like apple core and the other like coronation. I like the core pronunciation.

fifegirl75 · 13/04/2020 09:14

I have a 6 year old Cora 😊

RoseMartha · 13/04/2020 09:15

Laura

Typhoonmarie · 13/04/2020 09:23

There are an awful lot of Sophies around but it is a nice name
Cora sounds a bit twee and affected-I much prefer Cara.
I associate Laura with people my age but there’s nothing horrible about it. Lara is nice too.

funmummy48 · 13/04/2020 09:29

Sophie. Cora makes me think of an Apple corer.

bridgetreilly · 13/04/2020 09:32

Laura.

Sophie is fine but very popular. Cora always sounds like a middle aged, brash American woman to me.

Laura is pretty without being cutesy, easy for people to remember and spell, without being 10 a penny at the moment.

SE13Mummy · 13/04/2020 09:34

Lovely trio of names. If I was choosing at the moment then I'd go for Laura because there are lots of Sophies round here (SE London) and I expect Cora will indeed be one of those names that identifies a child as being born between 2019 and 2022. Laura is less popular these days - I know a 13-yr-old and 15-yr-old Laura but can't think of any primary aged ones.