Is Rory short for another name?

blessedinthewest

I don't know why but I kind of like the nickname Rory.  Is it short for Aurora?

 

lbap

I'm sure it could be short for a few different names.  I can see it as a nickname for Aurora.

Also, I didn't watch it enough to know for sure, but I always assumed that on the show Gilmore Girls, the mother, Loralie, named her daughter, Rory, after herself and just used Rory as a nickname.  I could be totally off-base there, but even if it's not true, I think that could work!

sherron and troy

lbap:

Also, I didn't watch it enough to know for sure, but I always assumed that on the show Gilmore Girls, the mother, Loralie, named her daughter, Rory, after herself and just used Rory as a nickname.  I could be totally off-base there, but even if it's not true, I think that could work!

This is true, but it was Lorelai.

And I like the name Aurora, it's very different and pretty.

blueskybride

Yep, I've only heard it for Aurora or as a stand-alone. I once considered Rory Kathleen before Charlie arrived.

mrslinde

I know a boy named Rory (aged 10).  I think it can be a very cute name; however, as a speech-language pathologist I could never give it to a child b/c it is pretty difficult to say.  People confuse it with "Roy", too.  Just things to think about. 

Good luck!

jaredswife

I have only ever heard it from Gilmore Girls.  Her name was Loralai (sp?)

Tess12

mrslinde:

I know a boy named Rory (aged 10).  I think it can be a very cute name; however, as a speech-language pathologist I could never give it to a child b/c it is pretty difficult to say.  People confuse it with "Roy", too.  Just things to think about. 

Good luck!

Hey could you give me an opinion on "Juliet?"  I love that name but if I have another baby in the next year or so, I'm afraid my daughter wouldn't be able to pronounce it and the baby would end up with some awful nickname like "yu-yu" or something.

SoleilMoon

It can be short for Aurora but I know a Rory and that is his full name.  Rory and Aurora are so strange to say, I can't imagine how it is for kids.

mrslinde

Tess12:

mrslinde:

I know a boy named Rory (aged 10).  I think it can be a very cute name; however, as a speech-language pathologist I could never give it to a child b/c it is pretty difficult to say.  People confuse it with "Roy", too.  Just things to think about. 

Good luck!

Hey could you give me an opinion on "Juliet?"  I love that name but if I have another baby in the next year or so, I'm afraid my daughter wouldn't be able to pronounce it and the baby would end up with some awful nickname like "yu-yu" or something.

 I think Juliet is very cute...I'm worried more about the child being able to say his/her own name once they're school-aged.  I think if your daughter had a silly, little nn for Juliet, it would be a little bit precious!    Seriously, Rory is the one name I've had concerns with pronounciation (and that is simply b/c i've seen it in real-life be a difficulty).  Juliet would most likely turn into "Duliet" or "Duey-ette"...something around those lines. Good luck!  Very cute name

blessedinthewest

I didn't even realize that was the name on Gilmore Girls.  I know it is a name of one of the Kennedy's.

Tess12

mrslinde:

Tess12:

mrslinde:

I know a boy named Rory (aged 10).  I think it can be a very cute name; however, as a speech-language pathologist I could never give it to a child b/c it is pretty difficult to say.  People confuse it with "Roy", too.  Just things to think about. 

Good luck!

Hey could you give me an opinion on "Juliet?"  I love that name but if I have another baby in the next year or so, I'm afraid my daughter wouldn't be able to pronounce it and the baby would end up with some awful nickname like "yu-yu" or something.

 I think Juliet is very cute...I'm worried more about the child being able to say his/her own name once they're school-aged.  I think if your daughter had a silly, little nn for Juliet, it would be a little bit precious!    Seriously, Rory is the one name I've had concerns with pronounciation (and that is simply b/c i've seen it in real-life be a difficulty).  Juliet would most likely turn into "Duliet" or "Duey-ette"...something around those lines. Good luck!  Very cute name

It sounds like a lot less of an issue when you say it. 

I know someone who has had the name "Bebe" her whole life because her brother couldn't pronounce her long name and called her "baby" which sounded like "bebe" when he said it.  I live in fear of putting a future child in that situation lol

(And sorry to the OP for the hijack.)

MrsH_2008

I know an Aurora and her nn is Rory.

ancjph

We have a Ruari, her name is the irish spelling.

mrslinde

ancjph:

We have a Ruari, her name is the irish spelling.

 Your kids are sooooo cute!!