Alora

[Spanishdream]

What do you think of the girls name Alora?
It's a town in Spain and also links to Spanish word. Would you consider it to be a strong name that would age well?
Look forward to reading your views. The other name we have is Sofia. If you had to pick between Sofia and Alora which would you choose?
Thanks 😊

I'd pick Sofia

Alora sounds very pretty and I'm sure Alora is a lovely town. However sounds a bit like a cleaning product and she will be called Flora or Aurora

It just makes me think Allora. Sofia is much better and a classic name.

Sounds like a Harry Potter spell, sorry

Actually really like Alora. Sofia/Sophia is pretty common now. Sofia would go as a middle name☺️

In Italian doesn't it mean oh well?

What Spanish word does it link to?

Sofía is better.

Alora makes me thing of a new wonder drug or a cleaning product.

The spanish town is Álora. People will read Alora as Al-O-ra* *

Yeah in Italian it means “so” or “well”

I just hear "so". But it depends what country you're in and what languages you speak

I've been to Alora.

I prefer Ilona.

Too similar to the Italian word for me.

Sofia of the two -

Alora either makes me think Allora! or L’amour - neither of which you really want

But as pp says Sofia is v popular

Paloma
Saskia
Fernanda
Allegra
Serena
Sabrina
Seraphina
Adela
Estella
Abriella
Maria
Roxana
Yolanda
Raphaela
Leonora
Marianna
Isadora
Annabella

Might be others

I much much prefer Elora to Alora.

Out of Alora or Sofia, I would go for Sofia (although personally I prefer the Sophia spelling). But of Elora was an option I'd go for that.

I know a little Alora and her name doesn't get changed at all.
Obvs not as common as Sofia but l prefer Sofia

I quite like it but Amora would be nicer

Amora is dreadful

I like both. Sofia is also a city. I think Alora will be less common if you want something unusual.

Alora - unusual sound but easy to spell and pronounce

To me it just means 'so' or even 'anyway' like in a 'whatever' kind of way.

To me it sounds like a made up name. E.g Laura, then someone just decided to put an A in front of it. Not to my taste but your call

It's quite nice but definitely will be pronounced Al-OR-uh. If that's what you want. A PP suggestion of Elora is also nice.

I prefer Laura to Alora, which sounds like a disney princess.

Sofia's quite nice I guess.

I don't think Alora is a strong name. I find it very soft and blends in with all the many similar names (Elora, Elena, Alana, Ariana, Aliana, Eliana, Aurora etc etc).

I am pronouncing it Al-OR-a though, which I gather from pps is incorrect.

Much prefer Sofia.

Elora is better as it sounds like a proper name where as Alora doesn’t look right and looks made up