What do you think of the name Lenora?

[Reluctantcavedweller]

Just this...Mulling girl's name choices and interested in other views. What do you think of the name Lenora? Anything similar which you would suggest?

I love it. It makes me think of the artist Leonora Carrington. Who would think of a laundry detergent?! How odd.

Eleonora would have been my PFB name had he not been a boy called Sam.
Love it.
Otherwise Lenora not very nice as a name. It is a fabric softener

*Elenaora

Leonora is infinitely nicer than Lenora which does sound like fabric rinse. It’s only one syllable more...tiny difference really.

Also prefer Elena to Elenya.

Leota or Leona or Leontine are nice alternatives if you like this vibe.

Elora is a name I heard recently and thought was different in a good way and has some of the sounds from your original name choice.

I’d be seriously impressed to come across a little Leonora though...beautiful name.

I think it's pretty. I like all the other names mentioned too.

Or how about Lamorna? A Cornish artist has this name, it's lovely.

Oh sorry I thought you wrote Leonora. Which is a good name.

Have you considered the Welsh name Eleri?

How about Honora? Shortened to Nora or Nonie. Or Honor like Honor Blackman.

Eleri, Elinor or Elin for a Welsh slant.

Leonora better than Lenora.

Hello, thanks for all these suggestions! Lots of lovely names. The other one we were vaguely thinking of was Matilda.

Sorry but I did think of the fabric softener. Not keen on Elenya either, it sounds like a strange mispronunciation of Eleanor. How about:

Elora
Enya
Anya
Maya
Orla
Nia/Nya

I recently met a little girl whose name is Leonora but she has the nickname La la (mispronunciation by older sibling) but now used by everyone.

It sounded really pretty both in full and as a NN.

Matilda (cutesy, harsh sounding, fairly common) isn’t anywhere near as nice as Leonora (classy, beautiful, unusual).

But it’s an improvement on Lenora.

Definitely fabric softener!

I love Matilda

Just as everyone else has said....fabric conditioner..

I love Elinor

Sorry I think of fabric softener too. Love Eleanora though.

Maybe Ariel? I'll get me coat...

Lenora makes me think Lenor fabric conditioner then Lenovo laptops.

I would look into similar names like Leona, Liana etc

It makes me think of Lenor fabric softener. Have you considered Leonora. I find it such a pretty name and think Leo as a nn on a girl is quite cool. Like Max on a girl

Leonora is too long unfortunately 😟. We already have a 4 syllable boy's name for DS and the two together just sound ridiculous.

Alexander and Leonora or Xavier and Leonora don’t sound ridiculous together if it’s something like that. They “go”.

Prefer Leonie or Lena (pronounced Layna) or Elena.

Leonora makes me think of the sort of snooty American mother you get in sitcoms for some reason.

I much prefer Leonora!

Sounds like fabric softener or some hick from Texas.

@Reluctantcavedweller I also thought of fabric softener. That said, margarine, a makeup brand and rice haven’t put me off Flora, Sephora and Tilda which are literally exactly the same as the brands, so it’s maybe not worth overthinking it, it’s not exactly the same and people become their names. I know a girl called Arielle and the link is never made, similar scenario. Similar options - Elora, Evora, Elena, Helena. Eleanor is pretty as is Eleonora but I appreciate your comment about not wanting the name to be long. Elenya is nice too but if you love Lenora I’d go for it.