What do you think of Alora?

[Salmonisthebestfish]

Alora for DD due August.

And middle name suggestions. Last name is Smith.

It does sound like some kind of cheap suet/margarine hybrid OP.

I think it's pretty. I've never heard of the margarine or the suet and I don't speak Italian so I don't have any connotations of it. It's just a lovely sounding name to me.

You can't necessarily predict how a name will be heard in other languages and, unless you have a connection with the country, can't be expected to cater to it. As a student I worked in Brazil with a girl named Alison. Very, very standard 50s-80s UK female name right? No reason to worry about it. Except she was always known as Ali and, in Portuguese, ali means 'there'. So all the children would run round screeching her name and pointing all over the place, laughing their heads off. I suppose Alora would be similar for Italians.

Sounds made up & try too hard

Like boxes of suet? Oh, that's Atora.

In Italian, "allora" primarily translates to "then," "so," or "well," and can also function as a filler word. It's a versatile word used to connect ideas, express consequences, or simply fill a pause in conversation.

I really wouldn’t want my child to be named as a filler word.

Honestly it’s not a nice pretty name like some
I think it sounds made up but it’s entirely subjective and your opinion only

I’m getting Cilla Black vibes - a lorra lorra

I think its beautiful.

Dislike - and don't think it works with Smith either.

My immediate thought!

I’m surprised at all of the reactions on here. Normally if someone suggests a remotely non-English name everyone arse licks them!

Reminds me of the lyrics in Come on Eileen -

Too-ra-loo-ra
Too-ra-loo-rye-ay
And you'll hum this tune forever

Probably because it's not a great name and it's a word in some languages, and because OP has looked it up on some unreliable baby name thread.
Alora (given name) - Wikipedia
Babies called Alora in England & Wales since 1996

Laura Smith is lovely.

Nope

I don’t like it and it’s too whimsical next to smith.

I would learn from this OP - you’re not naming a doll or a puppy it’s a human who will grow up having to spell and explain their name all the time. There’s loads of lovely names that exist, or even make one up if you have to that doesn’t sound like lard or margarine or Um in a language so many people speak. I actually like margarine as a word - it rolls off the tongue nicely too, but you have to consider it’s a label for your child and for you by extension - you might as well call her “my mums a bit of an idiot”. Find another one!

Wow a very steep rise in the past year or two!

Kia-ora was a brand of squash in my day so it sounds like a comestible to me
Flora would be nicer and even that is margarine

It made me think of Cilla Black having Alora 'lora fun...

It’s a name I’ve heard before but it’s very unusual. I know it’s from a movie but can’t quite figure it out. I like it but you’ll know when that little head pops out and you look at her you will know her name. Happened with both of mine. Good luck and I hope everything goes easy for you. Happy baby to you

For those reminiscing about Kia-ora, do you realise it’s “Hello” in Māori? Having been in NZ recently I was very interested to hear it used almost universally now by all races as a typically Kiwi greeting.

Most baby name sites are a steaming heap of hooey, @Salmonisthebestfish, as demonstrated by your quote.

Eliora is an actual name and would be much nicer.

You could try 'Laura' which is a much prettier name but has a similar sound.

Sounds like a self care product, which is why I clicked the post, wondering if there was a new moisturiser or shampoo or something on the market.