Harriet or Cora?

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Due DD2 in 2 months. We were quite settled on Harriet as her name and liked the options of nicknames (Hettie/Hattie/Ettie/Harrie). My DH has just suggested Cora as an alternative. I am torn as I think Cora is a beautiful name but gives less options. What are your thoughts?

Cora

I have a great aunt Cora, she was a crossword fiend till her late 80s and listened religiously to the cricket on Radio 4.

I have a good friend Harriet nn Harry, who is creative director of a media company and teaches coding to teen girls at the weekends.

Both great names but different characters

Cora sounds rubbish in my accent (NW). Love Harriet.

I like both but prefer Harriet to go with Alice.

Harriet Cora sounds great.

I really like both. I do think Cora will date a bit more than Harriet so worth thinking about.

A relation born 1927 was called Cora. So elegant. I have a great aunt Harriet too.
The names go together so nicely you could use both, Cora Harriet?

Love love love Cora.

I've got a Harriett (yes, double 't' I blame the excellent painkillers I'd been given after a 'c' section , we registered her the day after she was born in the hospital - turned out to be a great mistake as I think it looks balanced), I love it as it's unusual enough for her to be the only one in school (as far as we know!), she's 13 in a school of 2,000ish

Both nice, but I would go with Harriet. Cora is more “of the moment” and will probably date, if that’s an issue.

Love Harriet, but which name sounds next with surname. Could do Harriet Cora.....

Neither - they are both old lady names.

I adore the name Cora. How pretty and elegant

Both are so so nice but I would go with Cora.

Cora - wasn't Harriet Mavis' budgie on Coronation Street?!

Hattie is a fab name.

I'm not Keen on Cora for two reason which are very specific to where I live! 1) It's the name of a knicker factory near me with a seconds shop. 2) I live kind of near ish to Corby which is not a very nice town and it just make me think of that.

Not very helpful of me, sorry.

Harriet has more substance imo. Though Cora is pretty.

Harriet is lovely. So is Cora, but I prefer Harriet. Cora makes me think of apple corer. Not a bad association but I think that’s why I like it less.

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I have a Harriet. Everyone tells me how much they love it. My only complaint is that every fecker spells it Harriett which I didn't even think was a thing!!!

My niece is Harriett.

Cora definitely, I've known 3 Harriet's and they've all been nasty, mean girls so I can't stand the name anymore.

I'm a Cora lol so obviously favour it, but for my own... We liked Harriet for a girl, Hattie as a nick name

Cora

Love Cora. Harriet is not really my style personally but is extremely popular in Australia.

Cora! Beautiful!