Laura, Claire

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What do you think of these two? Too mumsy or time for a revival?

Still doesn’t make it more dated than Ethel or Betty 😄

What about Clara?

Clara is a completely different name from Claire as Clara is very much of current times and Claire is not. That is what OP was asking.

I think of Clara as a bit trendy atm as its quite popular whereas Claire is the name of girls born in the 80s so in that sense it is quite mummsy.

Laura same thing. I think mumsy names like Claire, Louise etc are being remixed for a fresh touch which is why names like Clara and Eloise are so much more popular, give it 30 years Clara and Eloise will be the mumsy ones!

Love 'Laura' because it reminds me of cute little Laura Ingalls in Little House on The Prairie. Claire is cool, really great name too. Laura Claire (surname)...

Claire is soo dull.

Laura is better.

Which are equally awful but each to their own!!

Laura is very nice. One of my DD's has Clare as her middle name which was after my best friend at school.

Exactly! 15 years ago nobody would have dreamed of using Ivy and look how that boomed.

I really don't understand the comments that names such as Laura and Claire are somehow outdated or overdone. In the sea of Avas, Evies, Olivias (all perfectly lovely names btw), I find the 70s/80s/90s names refreshing. Names, like fashion, come in cycles. But why must we pick names that are on trend? A name may become popular again sooner than you expected or not at all. Ultimately, whatever name you give your baby will become your favourite name the whole world. Other people can like it or sod off.

I really like Laura. It would have been on my list for a girl but I have a Lawrence/Laurie.

As someone with a name that was ‘dated’ when I was born I’d say don’t do it. I’m 35 and my name is of my parents generation - think something like Joyce, Barbara or Linda. All my life when people have heard my name they’ve expected someone 30 years older. While it is a nice enough name I always wished I had a more modern name similar to my school friends.

@HumerousHumous That is who I named my Laura after! Laura from Little house on the prairie!

They are both nice - they won’t sound dated to her peers and they are classic names anyways

• I’d go with Clare because there are so many Lara/Lola/Lyra/lena/luna/Leila names about Lauea won’t really stand out

Really nice names. I prefer Claire/Clare to the currently fashionable Clara actually.

Those names are all horrendous and I have never ever heard of any of them before (actually I have met an Alya at work now I think of it but not the others). I'll tell my 38 year old friend Laura and my 21 year old student with the same name that their names are old hat and boring and mumsy!!!

I think Laura is really beautiful and classic.
But I must admit I don't like Claire. Altho I know some lovely Claires in real life! I do think it's quite a dated name but not enough to be vintage... just sounds like someone middle aged who works in your office you know!

Both fine and refreshing. I honestly don’t understand what the problem is with ‘dated’. My DS had a girl at his childminder called Aspen.

I have a PhD student called Aspen. She's 23.

Love both names. Classic and beautiful.

Aspen is more "American" than "Dated"

Like Val d'Isère or Chamonix

@DuchessOfSausage you are right about accents my Liverpudlian Uncle calls his lovely daughter Cluur rather than Claire

🤣 Meribel would be acceptable though no? Mirabelle is actually a name, so just an alternate spelling haha

I hate the name Laura but love Claire, I think that's a fairly timeless classic name. Came across a few different spellings over the years"-

Claire
Clare
Clair
Clayre

Well they're both classic, obviously.