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I prefer the look of Norah over Nora, probably because it makes the name look just that tiny bit less like Cora and Dora, neither of which I like at all.

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Cora sounds like the sound of a crow and looks unfinished or amputated; not sure which. Dora is plump and dumpy and has naturally dark hair which she highlights until she resembles a hyena. And if she isn't, then she's the revoltingly immature "child-wife" of the hero in David Copperfield, who never quite admitted - gallant man - that her early death was a lucky break for him. I think they're about equally awful.

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Norah doesn't sound or feel like a nn to me; I've always greatly liked Eleanor and Elinor but I've never thought they needed nns any more than I thought that Norah might be one. I like Norah, but not quite enough to use because there are lots of names that I like more.

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When my DD was little, she "read" a library book about a large, happy family who included twins, in high chairs with bibs. One bib read "Hi, I'm Laura" and the other was "Hi, I'm Nora" ... the family surname was Bone, and DD was so enchanted at the thought of Nora Bone (and at her own cleverness at seeing the joke) that she wanted our next dog to be Nora! This didn't happen, though I don't recall why not. Maybe the next one ... ?