Laura

[Olivetti]

Classic, or boring?

[lowrib]

If you think it's too boring, how about the Welsh version, Lowri?

(As you my have guessed, I'm a little biased on this one )

[PurplePillow]

Totally agree all Laura's are beautiful gentle caring girls

[sockmonkey]

Oh yes all Lauras are lovely

[lola0109]

I'm a Laura and i love my name, so glad I wasn't a lauren or lorraine, there were loads of them in my class at school. (29 now)

My family call me Lola (or Laura the horror, my older mature brother)

[Bucharest]

Lovely.

[diddl]

Lovely, classic.

Suits baby, child, teenager, adult.

[paisleyleaf]

My DD's Laura, so I obviously love it.
It's got a nice 'aura' about it I think.

[weblette]

We thought about Lara for our dd - we wanted something with a slightly Russian feel - but it was at the time of the Tomb Raider films...

[MarianneD]

Think it's lovely, I don't think it will date as there aren't loads of them about at the moment.

[narna]

Lovely.

[redllamayellowllama]

I'm a Laura and was in a class with 4 others (!). I tried to convince people to call me just 'L', put it didn't quite catch on...

Anyway, I digress. I have always enjoyed being called Laura and think it is a great name - added benefit of it not seeming to be too popular at the moment.

[pointydog]

a bit boring.

[Lora69]

P.S Its true, all Laura's are really nice people! ;)

[littledawley]

I've only ever met two Lauras in my life and both have been utterly lovely. Great name.

[Northernlurker]

I think it's great and I know a baby Laura atm. Really nice.

[notevenamousie]

Love it, and Lauren and Laurel.

[AllieW]

Not so keen. We had quite a few in our year at school so I tend to think of it as being contemporary with my generation and I avoid such names, on the whole.

[Lora69]

I'm a 25 yr old Laura by birth, I knew 2 or 3 Laura's in school and hated it so went to the solicitors when I was 10 (honestly) and asked to change name by deed poll. I just changed the spelling tho! To Lora. Much more modern/interesting. And I am very kooky so needed something to match my personality!!
Though it is pn'd the same, and tbh Im glad my mum gave me a sensible sounding name. Now I am getting my career off people take me much more seriously I feel than girls with silly names x

[Daisy00]

Classic, safe and pretty. I prefer Laurel and Lara too, but Laura is probably more unusual.

I like Leah and Nina too. Simple and pretty.

[mathanxiety]

Boring imo. Much prefer Laurel and Lara.

[liliputlady]

I think it does sound old-fashioned, but in a lovely "Little House on the Prairie" type way. It's a great name.

[ozmetric]

I like it.

[SethStarkaddersMum]

agree with vinauchocolat, plus despite not being ubiquitous it is also one that everyone will be able to spell.

[weblette]

I have a Laura and we don't know any others around. We wanted something classic but a little different from the usual names. Certainly doesn't seem old fashioned to me