Hello again.

[c0rby.livejournal.com]

This will be my last post, I swear! My husband and I are expecting our first baby in September, and I seriously hope parenting is easier than coming up with a name, haha. We have vetoed everything else in existence, but we cannot decide between these: [Poll #1742624]*Cora is an homage to my maiden name, Corbett.
*Our last name is Tomes.

I'd really appreciate thoughts/opinions/suggestions if you have any. Do you think Cora (or Norah, even) is too old-fashioned (especially with the middle name Grace)? Do you think since my last name is so short that some of these first names are too short? Do you think she'll get "Dora the Explorer" on the kindergarten playground...? Do they all suck? Halp.

Thanks!

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[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I'm not a fan of Grace, but I do love Norah. My daughter was almost Noreen (after g-ma) nn Nora. Instead, we went with Cora and her 2nd middle name is Noreen. You have good taste. I really don't like Madelyn. I've seen wayyyy too many Madelyn, with "i's" or "y's" and I just don't get it. I hate Maddy. Madeline is ok, but, I just don't feel like it ages well.

[c0rby.livejournal.com]

Aw, I love that you named your daughter Cora! I think its my favourite right now, but I don't want it to be too old. It sounds old if I think about it too much, and all the websites say it was in the top 100 back in the 1900s, haha.

[after-the-ashes.livejournal.com]

I don't see it as a name that sounds too old. It definitely brings you back a bit and feels old-fashioned, but I never pictured an old person in my mind when I was saying it. But, we started liking it because of Cat Cora from Iron Chef, lol.