Theodora

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Thinking of going for Theodora Olive - thoughts?

Beautiful name

Lovely.

Beautiful name!

I prefer Theadora.

It’s quite a nice name, but I prefer Thea, as I have a personal preference for shorter names.

Your baby name is lovely, OP.

Dear Theodosia from Hamilton is a beautiful song about a baby girl, so I'd pick slightly differently but not my kid!

I literally started singing Dear Theodosia when I read the thread title....

Love it, beautiful name!

Lovely

I personally avoided famously tragic names so wouldn't for that reason, but there are so many beautiful Greek names and Juliets about so not really a reason not to if you don't mind.

I love it but find Olive as the middle name a bit of a mouthful with the round sound of Theodora. How about a different middle name?

Theadora Violet
Theadora Rose
Theodora Iris

Theodora was a very clever woman who rose from being a child prostitute to a very effective and respected Empress.

so, pretty good, really.

Our surname is Rose, so finding it really difficult to find a suitable yet strong middle name

That’s tricky then because you’ve got the ‘ruh’ sound at the end of Theodora then the ‘r’ of rose, to me it sounds a bit of a mouthful although it is a pretty name.

Oh I love theadora rose!

Absolutely love it. Always have ever since I first visited Ravenna and saw the wonderful Byzantine mosaics depicting the Empress Theodora.

Theodora is lovely but am not at all keen on Olive, sorry.

Charlotte, Catherine, Caitlin and Verity all roll nicely as a middle name.

Theodora is a beautiful name. And if you like Olive go for it.
Theodora is the traditional spelling and far nicer I think.

It’s a lovely name. I also went straight to the ‘Dear Theodora’ from Hamilton. Love that song.

I love Theodora but am less keen on Olive.

I prefer Olive Theodora as it flows better. Theodora is a bit fussy for me and I don't like any of the diminutives. Theadora is just an incorrect spelling.

But that's not what you asked, OP, so just ignore me.

I really love Theodora but agree you need a shortish middle name to balance it - and nothing else floral - otherwise it’s a bit of a mouthful. I don’t think Olive ‘goes’. Theodora has ancient Greek origins of course whereas Olive feels quite… underwhelming? next to it. Although still a nice name!

Something like Theodora Grace Rose.
Theodora Eve Rose.

I also love the name Juno which I think has similar connotations of impressive historical/mythological women. Would Theodora Juno work? Or maybe a potential sibling name. 🤔😉

Congratulations!

It’s too much of a mouthful ….I like Olive tho

I'll be the voice of dissent but I find Theodora to be very clunky and unappealing. Wouldn't be thrilled if it were my name.

I don't like Theodora or Thea. Olive and Rose are two colours or a colour and a flower. An olive green rose wouldn't be very pretty.