Chloe or Cora

[VintageGirl89]

Noah, Jacob and Chloe
Or
Noah, Jacob and Cora

Which do you prefer? And why?
We are trying to shorten our shortlist and can't decide between the two. The other two names on our shortlist are Isabella/Isabel and Sofia.

Thank You!

Chloe. I think Cora is a bit of-the-moment.

Chloe goes better with Noah and Jacob than Cora does. I prefer the name Cara to Cora (Cora makes me think of corers).

Chloe is such a lovely name and timeless really. So what if it had a wave of popularity in the 90s (or was it 80s?)? Does it matter?

Cora seems to be coming into fashion, but I do find it very harsh sounding. Plus apple corer.

I have a Chloe. Ironically we did also debate between Chloe, Cora and Cara/Caragh!

Sofia is my all time favourite girl's name, though, and Isobel also right up there, so whichever you choose from your shortlist I think your baby will have a lovely name :)

I much prefer Chloe

Cora😍

Chloe by a mile.

I don't get the love for the name Cora. It sounds really ugly imo. I live in Essex and Cora is one of those names that gets butchered if said in Estuary English. Certain names don't sound good in some accents....

Chloe by a mile.

I don't get the love for the name Cora. It sounds really ugly imo. I live in Essex and Cora is one of those names that gets butchered if said in Estuary English. Certain names don't sound good in some accents....

Cora was invented by the author of Last of the Mohicans. As such, I actually think it goes well with Noah and Jacob as part of a style of names that fit with early American Protestantism. I like Chloe, but I think Cora is great and is a better fit. There is a similarity of ending with Noah and Cora, but I think it’s fine. Isabella is pretty but it’s flouncy and Continental compared to your DS Old Testament names. Sofia is nice, but I much prefer Sophia, unless you have links to a country that spells it that way.

Cora. Chloe is too old fashioned

Cora was not invented by the author of Last of the Mohicans - he made it popular. My mother is 70 and from Ireland and is called Cora. It’s a very old name

Last of the Mohicans was written in 1826! The author invented it.

He didn't invent it!
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_(name)

“Apparently invented by James Fenimore Cooper in The Last of the Mohicans(1826).”
www.first-names-meanings.com/name/name-CORA.html

www.yourdictionary.com/cora

This Cora was born in 1798

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Millet-Robinet

Cora is lovely. It's a simple, classic name but unusual enough to lift the boys' names - which are lovely and also very popular.

Thank you all so much.
I'm quite surprised but on going through the thread there are so far:
16 likes for Cora
17 likes for Chloe
So surprised! But no closer to deciding. I adored Cora the minute I heard it and Chloe, is an old love of mine.
So shortlist remains at:
Chloe/Cora, Isabella/Isabel and Sofia.

Sofia I keep taking off and putting back. I can't decide if I love it or not

I prefer Chloe to Cora. I suggest you keep all four names on the table and see which name you think suits her best when she arrives!

Cora is lovely.

Chloe is pretty and classic.

Cora makes me think of apples.

Difficult one. Out of the 2 names I much, much prefer Cora and feel nothing for Chloe, just personal taste. But I do think Chloe sits better beside your two boys names just for some differentiation in sounds.

Cora :)

@kenandbarbie
Well, fancy that. And there was an earlier fictional Cora by a French writer in 1777. I take my statements about Fenimore Cooper back!

Chloe