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Can you help me decide if I like this girl's name?

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DoodleAlley · 19/01/2013 09:40

So we've been merrily going through this pregnancy without much thought that the product of it might need a name!

I tend to mull over names and then work out if I like it or not. Most I'll start out liking but then realise its not the name for us.

Except for one name that I can't decide if I love it or am completely not fussed.

So what do you think about... Moira?

Just general impressions if you heard it even if you wouldn't choose it would be appreciated. And is it too closely linked to the newsreader of the same name?!

Thank you!

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Ilovesunflowers · 19/01/2013 09:42

I think it's a nice name as the person gets older but not so good for a baby or young child.

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millie0210 · 19/01/2013 09:44

Moira is a lovely old fashioned name. Many of the older names are coming back into fashion now. If you like the name then use it , but if you are not sure then use it as a middle name because a lot of people are known by their middle names.
Whatever you decide, GOOD LUCK!

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TobyLerone · 19/01/2013 09:44

I don't like it.

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MunchkinsMumof2 · 19/01/2013 09:45

I don't like it either, sorry.

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NeverQuiteSure · 19/01/2013 09:46

Well, of course the first thing that spring to mind is Moira Stewart, but there are worse people to to namesaked with.

For the above reasons, it brings to mind a studious little girl, but a nice one!

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MadStaringEyes · 19/01/2013 09:47

I like it, but then I like Myra too.

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seeker · 19/01/2013 09:47

I like it. And as for the not good for a baby- well, she'll be a baby for a year, a child for another 13 or so, and an adult for 70, so picking a name that suits a baby is a bit silly really. And that's why grown ups end up being called TrixieBelle and Woffles and Sunny. Because people forget their baby is going to grow up!

I'd be a bit worried about Mo, thought- not sure about that.

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Nancy66 · 19/01/2013 09:48

I think of a homeless Scottish woman in mittens....

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VictorAndBarry · 19/01/2013 09:48

I don't lve it , I am afraid. Maura is nicer.

Myra is horrible.

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Ilovesunflowers · 19/01/2013 09:49

I see your point seeker but there are lots of names that suit children and still suit them when they are an adult. Moira is an adult sounding name IMO.

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carbondated · 19/01/2013 09:49

Not keen. Sorry

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DoodleAlley · 19/01/2013 09:49

I'm not too worried about it suiting a baby or
Toddler because I feel that their cuteness tends to turn the name to being theirs.

I just don't know. We're being utterly useless at names. I feel like it could be a name I love but I don't know!!

The comments are really handy though to see things from anther perspective.

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gregssausageroll · 19/01/2013 09:50

Nope, don't like it.

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Uppermid · 19/01/2013 09:52

Does it matter what a bunch of strangers on the Internet think?

You will never find a name that everyone likes - NEVER!!

So if. YOU like a name, go for it.

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BlackStiltonBoots · 19/01/2013 09:53

Sorry, I don't like it. Agree with VictorAndBarry that Maura is nicer.

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ProtegeMoi · 19/01/2013 09:53

Nice babe name. Reminds me off Moira in the L word who then had a sex change to become Max. Couldn't use it after that but it wasn't a hugely popular show.

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AlexisCarringtonColby · 19/01/2013 09:55

Moira is nice. Maura is nicer, IMO. But I definitely agree that you don't have to chose a name that suits a baby, as they are only little for a short time - you do want a name that will suit all ages.

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marcopront · 19/01/2013 09:56

What's wrong with Myra?

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VictorAndBarry · 19/01/2013 09:57

Myra Hindley has forever tainted that name. Just as, I imagine, you don't get many little Adolfs these days.

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rhondajean · 19/01/2013 10:00

Maura is beautiful!

As is mara, which means sea I think.

Any Moirai I have known have been older. It's a traditional Scottish name. Nothing wrong ŵith it but I wouldn't personally call a child it, as I too associate it with older people.

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RubberBullets · 19/01/2013 10:01

Moira to me is Moira Barton. I don't like Maura, it doesn't sound nice when saying it out loud.

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Jojobump1986 · 19/01/2013 10:01

My first thought when I see 'Moira' is that it looks like 'moist'... That would put me off but that's probably really stupid!

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VictorAndBarry · 19/01/2013 10:02

Mara and Morna could be contenders.

Or my favourite, Mirrin.

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TheSecondComing · 19/01/2013 10:03

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mrsjay · 19/01/2013 10:04

the only Moiras I know are older women in their 50s and 60s nothing wrong with it as a name but I dont think it is on it's way back just yet , although it really is your c hoice if you like it then use it you may bring it back Smile

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