Does this girl name sound too old?

Knottie1474394542 · May 2019

Hi everyone!

My husband and I have only been able to agree on one name so far but I'm worried it sounds too old fashioned.
Leora (pronounced Lee-Or-Ah) and we were thinking Rayne for a middle name.

What are your thoughts on the name Leora Rayne?

Thank you!

mercury94 · May 2019

I don’t think it sounds too old, but I’m not familiar with it. I’ve never known one and I had to look it up. So, it sounds new to me, not really old.

mb0112 · May 2019

I have never heard it and my first thought was “does she mean Lenora?” I think it might also get mistaken for Leona.

i prefer both Lenora and Leona over Leora.

meggyme · May 2019

I agree that I prefer Lenora over Leora. And Rayne is such a different style they don’t seem to flow to me.

coastalmomma2 · May 2019

Agree with previous posters. Lenore, Lenora, or Leona are all good options.

nerdtoyourmother · May 2019

Also tossing in Lorna 👍🏻

nanner26 · May 2019

Agreed that it doesn’t strike me as old because I haven’t heard of it before.
I like Lenora out of the choices people gave.

Casadena · May 2019

I love Leora!

magsugar13 · May 2019

There is no history on the name Leora so it can not be an old name.
Could be from the name Liora which is a Hebrew name.

I would go with another form of the name that has a history, not made up.

Knottie1474394542 · June 2019

Very confused. We chose Leora because we thought that was the Hebrew name (and spelling), feminine form of the name Leor. Places we read said that Liora was the more modern spelling. We did not make the name up.

mercury94 · June 2019

Knottie1474394542 said:

Very confused. We chose Leora because we thought that was the Hebrew name (and spelling), feminine form of the name Leor. Places we read said that Liora was the more modern spelling. We did not make the name up.

That is what I found when I looked it up too. I had never heard the name before, which I why it doesn’t seem old to me. Perhaps it is just not mainstream, so people might think it’s made up if that bothers you.

Knottie1474394542 · June 2019

Thank you for clarifying. I was just super confused as one of the posters was insisting that the name was made up "with no history," which just isn't true.

Does this girl name sound too old?

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