Norah

[JJ6]

What do you think? I love it ( Yes I know the batty conections).

really pretty.

I immediately think... 'Bloody Nora'

Sorry.

I was just listening to Norah Jones today and thinking what a lovely name it is.

I like it and Nora Batty is a pretty old reference i don't think many of the kids she will be growing up with will call her that....and if adults are calling her names well

only slight fly in ointment for me is Nitty Nora....thats what we called someone at school who had the dreaded headlice....

Prefer Nina or Laura.

Lovely name. I wouldn't think of Nora Batty at all shrug

I think of Norah Jones or Ibsen's Nora in Dollhouse.

Very nice. Due a revival.
Nora Batty wouldn't be an issue as no-one under forty has even heard of her.

Leonora is a gorgeous name and could have Nora as a NN [though mine doesn't].

I'm significantly under forty and 'Batty' was the first thing that came to my mind when I read Norah!!

followed by 'Bloody'

Reminds me of a nun who used to teach me at school. Sister Norah.

very nice, its classy, pretty but not ott

Not keen. There are plenty which are prettier.

Horrid.

It's the Nor sound, like 'nor'ing on a piece of meat.

Lovely. I know three Noras under age 12.

I know one who'd be coming up for 10 I think. It's a lovely name.

I like Norah.

Love it. Would have liked it for DD.

Brideshead's comment has reminded me of another one she might encounter though - the Batty Book "Baby's Revenge by Norah Titt."

I don't like it, I'm afraid. I hear "gnawer", which is not especially elegant.

There were a couple of sisters in our village who used to invite me and my sister for tea each year as a treat. They were lovely and it always struck me that Nora could have done with a prettier name. Her sister, Vera, I always felt had the better deal (although I'm not so keen on that, either).

Sorry.

Love it but dh wouldn't countenance it.

Might be tempted to go for Lenore/a or Eleanor as a full name and use Nora/h if she found it a bit hard to live with

I like it one of my fave books was Norah O'Flanigan Prefect.

Prefer Dora for a bit of latin style.