Pandora

[thejollypostwoman]

Girl's name not another thread on the jewellery brand(!) I like it.... am I mad?!

If not any middle name suggestions?

I like it too. My first thought is Adrian Mole though

Watch out for Pandora's box "jokes".

Athena is pretty if you're into Greek goddess name.

I love it.

But yes, I will always associate it with the jewellery now and there will be some that make the box jokes too. Shame.

Pandora is a great name. I wouldn't worry at all about the jewellery connection. I think almost anything would work in the middle, long or short. I'd just avoid an another name ending in A. Pandora June sounds just as good as Pandora Felicity; it's quite easy to work with.

Can’t get beyond the box and opening up troubles

I don’t love it but it’s fine.

Ignore the Pandora’s box comment above, people are amazingly good at coming up with associations if they don’t like a name.

Adrian Mole fans will tell you only this: if your surname begins with B, don’t make her middle names Louise Elizabeth.

I actually think I can live with the Adrian Mole connotation - though agree the jewellery brand and box gags might get a bit tiresome !

I would think of the Box myth (which is pretty well known and not pleasant) rather than the jewellery company personally. It also has very upper class connotations (Jilly Cooper ish ) so Pandora is very much a guilty pleasure name for me.

Still it would be refreshing to hear of more Pandora's about, but I'd definitely pair it with a very safe popular/traditional middle name in case she dislikes it when older - like Charlotte or Grace etc.

There is a mum blogger on Instagram and with a little one called Pandora and her nickname is Dory. It’s really grown on me!

Pandora
I adore ya
I implore thee
Don't ignore me

Cheapo bracelets, sorry!

Braithwaite

The origin isn't great and neither is the jewelry connotation. Unfortunately. Because actually it sounds nice.

Isadora is little used and great.

I liked this but DH vetoed for the reasons above, I loved the shortening of pandy or even panda

“I’m awfully in love with Pandora...”

I really like the name but it will be associated with the naff jewellery brand - I’m not sure it can be carried off unless you are very rich/posh.

Paloma as an alternative?

I loved it when pregnant with my daughter, so it is her middle name. Still love it

I actually thought it would be a bit more marmite than this... pleasantly surprised by the reception. Agree middle name needs to be extremely un-frilly(!)

@partyatthepalace

But there are silly connotations that can be brushed off, or there are rude and inappropriate ones that I wouldn’t want my daughter to deal with such as this

No, it’s not a lucky name. Pandora was created as an instrument of Zeus to punish humans for Prometheus having stolen fire for them. (We all know how Zeus punished Prometheus himself too)
She is like a patient zero for evil. She unleashed hell on humanity.

Remember if they hadn’t shut the box hope would have come out too so the box isn’t all bad

Awful connotations.

No! Pandora released all the bad things on earth! Not a great choice for a child.

I also imagine kids who don't know the origin thinking she's named after a charm bracelet!