Laura

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I have decided I love this name.

What do others think?

Love it

Excellent, it's going onto the list. I just find it such a classic pretty name. Just the sound of it is lovely. Do you have one MadameCheese?

Good'un

Prefer Lara myself, but fairly unusual these days (I was at university with quite a lot)...

I LOVE it. Also it's really unusual these days. It's a really pretty, classic name. My SIL is Laura, although MIL persists in calling her Lorna (not so pretty imo).

Lovely

Lovely.

Like both Laura and Lara, possibly Lara a little more but not much in it.

Agree with LC200, Lorna is not so good.

Laura is lovely.

Lara has too much of a link to the tight-clothed leaping-about computer game character for me.

Yes, there is that but also the character in Boris Pasternak novel, Dr Zhivago.

Laura is safer and is clearly well liked.

Lovely and underused these days

Love it

I love it but it pretty much rhymes with our surname so can't use it for DD due in Sept. I have only ever known lovely Lauras as well, so have really good vibes about it as a name.

lovely timeless name

Lovely, timeless and underused at the moment.

Love it!!! my dd1 is Laura :-).

So pretty.

Like this, also Lauren, just make sure you steer clear of Ashley for any siblings!

Lauren was hugely popular 12 or so years ago but seems to have tailed off.

Laura is a beautiful name.

I think its a pretty, classic name.

I have a Laura and so think it's a lovely name, no bias, honest!!! We never come across many, she's certainly the only one amongst her peers in our area.

We considered Lara but as she was born around the time of the Tomb Raider films it was a no-no.

It's lovely.

Timeless. Lovely.

I still love it, but now found out I am having a little boy and I suspect he wouldn't like to be called Laura!

dd was going to be laura

like it - can't be shortened, and there won't be several in a class...