thanks to all who replied on my recent post asking for name ideas for siblings to nora. i’ve really enjoyed reading through your suggestions!
while nora is not an extremely rare name, it doesn’t seem to be used super often where i live. i am interested in names that are not overly popular, so this is something that i appreciate about this lovely name.
however, i realized recently that the similar sounding noah is very much on the rise. so, even if i name a future daughter nora thinking that her name will be unique, a little nora in a class with one or more noahs. this could be a potential tongue-twister, & isn’t really what i was envisioning.
am i thinking about this too much? what are your thoughts on this dilemma with nora / noah?
I imagine it wouldn’t be that big a deal! [name_m]Noah[/name_m] is quite popular, sure, but I don’t think it would be confusing to have a [name_m]Noah[/name_m] and a [name_f]Nora[/name_f] in class together. They’re certainly different enough for classmates not to be confusing.
[name_m]Noah[/name_m] and [name_f]Nora[/name_f] sound different enough to me that it’s fine - I’ve met lots of little Noahs and no Noras, but I wouldn’t get them confused if I had two in the same class. [name_f]Nora[/name_f] would remain distinctive!
(like, if I’ve had a [name_f]Chloe[/name_f] and [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] in the same group, and [name_f]Cleo[/name_f] still felt distinctive, same as [name_f]Mira[/name_f] and Mia)
noah and nora sound different enough to me, and i think it shouldn’t stop you from using nora. plus, noah has been popular for so long now (at least where i’m from) that i’m sure it’ll cool off soon!
it’s funny, i actually know a sibling set of noah and nora! that would be way to close for me as siblings, but classmates? totally fine!
Classmates are totally fine. I’m a [name_m]Bryan[/name_m] and have had many a [name_m]Ryan[/name_m] (or Brian) in my classes and workplaces. It’s not an issue.
I think it would be totally fine for classmates, especially because Noahs are usually boys! Now, if they were siblings with those names, I think it could become a tongue twister real quick