Straightforward question.....

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Laura or Sarah ?


Which do you prefer, and why?

Comments

[lipsty.livejournal.com]

I would previously have said Laura, as I associated the name Sarah with a dowdy, greasy woman I knew but I have since met loads of lovely, vibrant Sarahs and decided that it's actually a great name! Laura is pretty, too. Laura is very feminine, while I think Sarah is a lot stronger.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I like Sarah better, I don't like how Laura forces you to roll your tongue, sounding like a mouthful of rrrr

me is weird XD

[krosp.livejournal.com]

No that makes sense to me. I personally love the letter R and its rollyness with L before it, but I can see why other people wouldn't. I don't really like names with "tight" sounding consonents like W and Y (e.g. William) but other people love them, and I appreciate them as decent names but don't like the way it makes my mouth feel!

[the-archangel.livejournal.com]

There are so many songs about Sarah. xD Personally, I prefer Laura, but I like to spell it without the U. Just Lara. Course, then some people pronounce it with two short As instead and that makes it sound like Sarah with an L.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I have an Australian accent, seems like how you pronounce both names sounds nothing like how I do.

Laura could be spelled like Lora ... a strong OR sound
Sarah could be spelled as Sairah... with a strong AIR sound in it

Neither of them have an AH sound in them, which is how I would pronounce Lara.

[the-archangel.livejournal.com]

No, sounds to me like you pronounced them exactly how I do. Even though it comes out "air" in Sarah, that is still a short A.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I doubt we pronounce them the same, Laura, Lara and Sarah sound TOTALLY different from each other in my accent.


The problem is that we probably can't tell each other how we pronounce them because "air" etc. is probably also pronounced differently in our accents!

It was just when you said that you prefer Laura spelled without the U that indicated to me that you have a different accent from mine... hehe talking about accents over lj always gets so confusing

[dosequisgirl.livejournal.com]

I'm in the US and prnounce them the same as you do.
Lara to me sounds completely different than Laura.

I think I prefer Sarah. I like Laurel though.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

to me Lara = Lah-rah and Laura= Loh-rah

[cinnamon-sakaki.livejournal.com]

Both are pretty names, but I think I'd go for Laura. I'd also consider the surname, as things like alliterative names are generally something to avoid.

[krosp.livejournal.com]

Last name starts with T, they both sound equally good with the last name to me

[depeche810.livejournal.com]

Laura, just because I know so many Sarah's. They're both nice names though, but I just hear Sarah all the time.

[sarahmarie.livejournal.com]

Sarah, because it's my name. Also, because I prefer Laruen over Laura.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Sarah is very common, and she'd always have other Sarahs in her class. My sister's name is Sarah, though, and it's a really nice name. Laura is nice too, probably slightly less common, but I think I like Sarah a bit better.

[frenchnails.livejournal.com]

Definitely Sarah! I used to know a really bitchy mean Laura and she ruined the name for me >_>.

[lu-11.livejournal.com]

I personally prefer Laura as i think it sounds softer and is prettier. I agree with the lady who said its more feminie too. I know alot of sarahs and think the name is becoming increasingly common.

[neukpuppy.livejournal.com]

THERE ARE SOOO MANY SARAHS. Seriously, that and Emily have been sooo overdone. I think I have like 13 Sarah facebook friends or something. Laura is much less common and so I would pick that one.

[xxriotgurlxx.livejournal.com]

They're both pretty common, but I love the name Sarah, probably because it's my best friend's name!

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

Sarah because I just never liked Laura, it's so plain and common.

[so-there.livejournal.com]

Sarah. just sounds nicer to me.

[txjagfan.livejournal.com]

Well I'm kinda biased....Sarah. With the H just like in the Bible.

[swiftheartlu.livejournal.com]

Sarah.
It's well balanced and well...i love it.

Laura is more dreary and not fun to say repetively.
Yeah, I tried and sounded like a fool.

[deadpoetwoffie.livejournal.com]

My name is Sarah. I was names after my great-great grandmother and the wife of Abraham in the Bible. I love my name, but in junior high there were 7 of us total in my grade. And I didn't even go to a big school. And yet I would still pick Sarah because I don't here of a lot of children today being named that. Yes, there was a surge of it in the late 80s, early 90s babies, but it's still a good name. ^_^

[candyshowers.livejournal.com]

I like Sarah.
I believe it means Princess, which is cute! :)

[seksimaggie.livejournal.com]

I love them both, but I prefer Laura; it's a LITTLE less common and a LITTLE prettier :)

[starrkissed.livejournal.com]

if i HAD to pick, i'd go for sarah. honestly though, i don't like either name.

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

Laura.

[sweet3mich.livejournal.com]

I prefer Laura. It's classic, elegant, strong. All Laura's I've ever known have been intelligent, sophisticated women. Definitely people you want to look up to.

:)

[mermeydele.livejournal.com]

i love this question just because my gf's name is sarah and my brother's gf's (fiance's) name is laura. i prefer sarah overall - and lauren to laura (i am biased there too, cause lauren's my middle name).

[kidlettes.livejournal.com]

Sarah spelled just like that...

why it's my name...

[saretonin.livejournal.com]

my name is Sara. i like it better without the h, because i find the h unnecessary. i also like how all the letters after 's' are little and short, and not imprisoned by a big letter. which is why I like Laura better than Sarah

[alluminor.livejournal.com]

I like them both a lot, but Sarah more, I think. It's spunkier.