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Lenore?
We were trying Lenore out as a middle name but the more we thought about it the more we liked it as a first name. What do you think of it as a first name? Does it work better with the middle name Cosette or Colette?
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I love Lenore! It has much more personality than Eleanor. I think it goes better with Cosette.
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I think Lenore is a great name, but I wouldn't pair it with another French two-syllable name like Cosette or Colette (although of the two, I like it more with Cosette).
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Very romantic due to Edgar Allan Poe. I like it.
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Lenore Colette is ok
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Yikes! All I think about, and I wish I didn't, is that Edgar Allen Poe poem about the dead person.May I suggest Elinor, Eleanor or Leonora? Or even Lenora, or Lynora?
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I prefer Lenore Colette, as both names sound French, and I think Cosette sorta sounds Italian.
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I know a Richelle Lenore.
I think Colette looks/sounds good with Lenore.
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It seems a bit forlorn and sad, but it's pretty. Lenore Colette is better.
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YesIt does sound sad.But it's better than Eleanor and all the other Ellie El names that have become so boring.Lenore Colette and Lenore Cosette are both cute. Go with your favourite.
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Lenore Colette is gorgeous!
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I like Lenore and of the two prefer Colette.
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ditto.
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I like Lenore Cosette a little better.
I feel like Lenore is one of those names that works extremely well as a middle name, but isn't common or filler. It has a morbid, romantic quality cuz of Poe, but I like that and it isn't overwhelming. It's very mature sounding but in a sweet way rather than a dowdy way. And Cosette as a middle makes the combo softer and sweeter.
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Lenore used to be one of my favorite names! I still find it charming. I prefer Lenore Cosette.
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it's okay, but I prefer Leonore. But my overall favorite is Leonora.Leonore Cosette is magnificent.
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I think Lenore is absolutely lovely! I’m not sure I love it with either middle name though. Having two two-syllable names in a row with the emphasis on the same syllable is too sing-songy for me. (“Callooh Callay”!) What about Lenore Nicolette, just to break it up a bit?
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I LOVE Lenore! I prefer Cosette in this case since I don’t like the repeated L sound in “Lenore Colette”.
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