Help us choose between Astrid and Thora!

[Taggys]

Hi...

We have finally managed to narrow our search for a Scandi baby girl name down to either:

First name + middle name:

Astrid Thora
or
Thora Astrid

Help!! Which one is nicest? We love both <3

Astrid... Fab name...

@Gruffling Thora Hird died about 20 years ago.

Which do you prefer? because you will only use one of them anyway, so make that the first name.

<facepalm> oh dear, now you have said that I realise my mistake!

I say that kind of thing all the time too - for me, it's an ND thing. I once said 'it's 10 miles, as the eagle flies' in a very important work meeting. I didn't understand why some of the people in the room smiled at that point, until a lovely colleague discretely pointed out my mistake afterwards. Luckily the committee saw the funny side and my proposal was accepted, but I still laugh about that with my colleague years later.

Both are lovely @Taggys .
Ignore the middle name for now and consider whether
Astrid Surname or Thora Surname goes best.

Definitely Astrid, beautiful name.

Thora astrid

In my opinion Thora sounds quite harsh and not feminine at all. Ever known one. Astrid is more common.

Thora Astrid by a country mile. I like both pronunciations of Thora, but marginally prefer the hard TH.

Astrid is very pretty.

Thora sounds harsh and also reminds me of Thora Hird so too grannyish but I suppose only people my age (50s) and older will make that connection.

As you are a Scandi family it's not really a good place to ask about names on here. Names such as Thora don't have a positive vibe in the UK, - Astrid sort of ok.

Astrid, a beautiful name!

I prefer Astrid Thora.

Think about the initials against your surname too:
AT_
TA_

My nursery has quite a few girls with the more vintage names and there is a Thora. I wasn’t sure at first but it’s grown on me so much if I’m ever lucky enough to have another girl she will be a Thora.

I hate Astrid btw don’t get the love for it, especially if your in an area where people shorten names, you run the risk of her being called Ass

Astrid Tora. Thora doesn’t work for me.

Astrid Thora, alternative sounds like Thorarastrid

Astrid.

Why not wait until she's born and see which name she looks like?

Both are nice but I think the two 'a' sounds in a row in 'Thora Astrid' is a bit awkward, so I'd go for Astrid Thora.

Thora just makes me think of Thora Hird.

I'd definitely pronounce it Tora op! Much nicer ☺️

I really like Thora.

Astrid

I like them both but not together. Together is trying to hard ( for what I don't know). But Thora had the edge. Love it

Thora is a beautiful name. I'm not a fan of Astrid particularly, so would choose Thora as a first name. I don't think 'flow' of first and middle names is a problem really, how often does someone use both unless it's hyphenated?

My Astrid gets tons of compliments on her name and she loves it.