Nicola, Claire, or Laura

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Which do you prefer? I think they're all due to come around again.

They aren't due around again, most peple still remember being bullied by a Laura, Nicola or Claire.

There were shit loads in the 80s and 90s and at least one you knew was a horrible cow, usually.

It's quite strange, seeing one's name on one of these threads. Seems to be a fair mix of opinions on it though.

FWIW, I don't think Laura has ever really been 'out', has it? I've always loved it because of Little House on the Prairie. .

(It's not my name though- mine is the one that can't be shortened, which has always been a relief to me )

None, but Nicky is very cool.

@Pumpkinstace

They aren't due around again, most peple still remember being bullied by a Laura, Nicola or Claire.

There were shit loads in the 80s and 90s and at least one you knew was a horrible cow, usually.

Presumably if the OP or the baby's other parent had been bullied by someone with one of these three names, they wouldn't be considering that name?

Plenty of people were bullied in the '80s and '90s by someone called Elizabeth or Catherine or Emma or Sophie or William or Oliver or James or Alexander. That's not a society-wide reason to avoid those names.

Nicky isn't cool. Quite a lot of Nicolas, Nicoles and Nikitas around and you can guess their ages.

Definitely Laura. My eldest daughter is Laura, still love the name and she does too

Laura and Clare are my favourites. Clare is a medieval Saint name and name of an Irish county so not specific to the 80s

The revival is still on Dorothy and Edith, Nicola is way down the list. Meanwhile people are going for names very close to your list, I guess because they sound familiar yet different. So Lara, Clara and Nicole, or Elise or Eloise instead of Louise.
Of course, those names will be as dated as Tracy is now once your daughter is 40 whereas Nicola might start to be fashionable again.

Nicola Peltz is definitely not middle aged

Nicola Roberts pretty cool

I think Laura and Claire are beautiful classics but Nicola still seems very dated to me.

Claire

All are lovely.
They will make an entrance soon.
Clare, Nicola and Laura and also ..

Sarah, Rebecca, Emma, Kate and Rachel.

I love Nicky. It has a unisex charm

I would go for Clara or Lara. The others are too dated and not due a comeback yet.

I have one of these names and was born early 90s. There were a lot of us at school and I've had one everywhere I've worked, but I like it! I think they're all nice names, although Nicola is perhaps most 'different' to names that are popular now - people have mentioned Clara and Lara/Lyra/Lyla etc.

I like all of them.

I like Laura best as its a family name
I like Nicola shortened to Nikki, though I'm not a fan of Nicole
Claire is lovely too

I also really like Stephanie nn Stevie which feels of a similar era to the ones you like