Thora?

[MoominMeggy]

What do you think of the name Thora?

Well I really like it, but I love Vera and everybody on MN seems to hate that, so maybe I'm not in the MN name herd.

I really like it, I think it’s pretty and uncommon.

Whilst some "old lady" names have made a comeback, for me Thora sits with Gladys and Peggy in the "still very much an old lady name" camp.

I love it!

Love it! Simple, recognizable, due for revival.

I like it, it’s a strong name but pretty too.

@dinahsdishes

Thora is rhyming slang for turd

Yeah, but Cockney Rhyming slang - it's basically a bit rubbish isn't it? And I think it's becoming less and less well-known. Hardly the same as calling your daughter Fanny...

@2reefsin30knots

Well I really like it, but I love Vera and everybody on MN seems to hate that, so maybe I'm not in the MN name herd.

I really like Vera too. Knew a Spanish Vera - feisty and very funny, really altered my opinion of the name.

I love it! Unusual and strong.
Vera is great, too.
Better than Piper or Lexi-Mae or Braelynn which have been recently suggested on here!

@CocoRocco

I like it, it’s a strong name but pretty too.

Exactly my thoughts. I feel like a lot of vintage 'old lady' names sound quite 'weak', for want of a better word, e.g. Mabel, Elsie etc., but they seem very popular on MN.

It's a vintage name, but not fussy.
The number of people using Cockney rhyming slang is vanishingly small.

I think it's really nice!
None of her peers will have any idea who Thora Hurd is.

I spent quite a while one year looking for the DVD of a film my DD wanted to see called 'Four'. Fortunately at some point she mentioned it being a Marvel character and the penny dropped.

So I wouldn't.

That is one startlingly ugly name.

I like it.

Reminds me of Thora Birch - what happened to her?

I think it could grow on me! So long as you live somewhere that pronounces Th sound properly and not as an F! I’ve never heard the turd slang.

I like it (old enough to remember thora hird but don't immediately link it to her). Thora Birch came to mind quicker. I think it's cute, heard much worse.

Shockingly awful name.

I love it. Strong but soft, easy to spell. Gorgeous and due a revival IMO. I

Thorax.

Idk but Tora seems to be the modern Scandi version - based on Nordicnames.de perhaps someone could confirm.

I like it. It's nicer than quite a few of the older names making a comeback at the moment. I think most kids would make a connection with the MCU rather than with Thora Hird or rhyming slang these days.

I mean I think 'Hird' , but I actually quite like it.

It fits with all the other 'old fashioned' names that have been popular over the last 5 years or so.
Quite a 'strong' sounding name. Easy to spell. Easy to say if you see it written down.

It's fine; not my favourite but if you like it, why not? As others have said, Thora Hird was a very accomplished actor.

'Thora' was also a very, very popular Edwardian parlour ballad. There are various performaces on Youtube. It's mentioned in the book of Nancy Mitford's 'Love in a Cold Climate'.

I also rather like Vera and Thelma, which are quite similar, partly because I knew two smashing, kind and clever older women with those names. They are simple, straightforward and dignified - a quality that's often overlooked when it comes to names.

DS would have been a Thora if he'd been a DD. It's a brilliant name.