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Cora?

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YourLivelyLemonHelper · 22/10/2026 23:27

I'm in a pickle! I love the name Cora for my second.child but one of my husband's best friends dog is called Kora.... We don't see them often at all (well not since we had our first child and we're busy all the time) , but would it be weird if we had a child named like their dog? She's not young so they probably wouldn't overlap for too long!

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Firebird83 · 22/10/2026 23:37

I think it would be fine to use it.

YksiKaksiKolme · 23/10/2026 03:05

It's fine

emptygoosenest · 23/10/2026 03:09

Absolutely fine.

purpleblast · 23/10/2026 03:55

People will love the name more if she’s named after friends dog x

DoNotGoGorgeously · 23/10/2026 03:58

Half the dogs of the UK have human names. When I was pregnant with DS, hence thinking of names, I would be walking on Hampstead Heath and someone would call “Poppy!’ or ‘Stanley!’ and sometimes Poppy or Stanley was a child and sometimes a Labrador.

LivingTheDreamish · 23/10/2026 04:17

Totally fine! It will be a source of amusement for Kora's owners for about 5 mins and then it will just be baby's name.

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 23/10/2026 04:54

If you love the name this would be a silly reason to not use it.

Firsttimebabymummy · 23/10/2026 09:09

Totally fine! Lovely name. Congratulations!

Raiderofthelostbattenburg · 23/10/2026 09:57

Cora is a beautiful name. I think it’d definitely be fine to use it.

Calliopespa · 23/10/2026 10:17

It's fine.

Apart from Rover, I don't really think there are dog names as such. They just have human names.

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