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What are your thoughts on Medora?
Various info I have found on it, if you're interested:
"Medora was the name of a character in George Gordon, Lord Byron's poem "The Corsair" (1814). His half-sister, Augusta Leigh, named her daughter (who might have been from her affair with Byron) Elizabeth Medora Leigh after the character."
"[Name historian] Sophie Moody suggested that it meant 'mother's gift' (contraction of Metrodora); other possibilities include an altered form of Medea, or a coined feminine of Greek Medo, 'lord or guardian'. It has occasionally been used in Britain as a first name."
"Medora von Hoffman, the daughter of a wealthy New York banker, met and married the Marquis de Mores in Cannes, France, in 1882. The Marquis built the 'Chateau de Mores' in the badlands of North Dakota, and then brought his wife Medora and family to live there for three summers, while away from France. The Marquis named the North Dakota town Medora after his young wife."
- mirfak
Various info I have found on it, if you're interested:
"Medora was the name of a character in George Gordon, Lord Byron's poem "The Corsair" (1814). His half-sister, Augusta Leigh, named her daughter (who might have been from her affair with Byron) Elizabeth Medora Leigh after the character."
"[Name historian] Sophie Moody suggested that it meant 'mother's gift' (contraction of Metrodora); other possibilities include an altered form of Medea, or a coined feminine of Greek Medo, 'lord or guardian'. It has occasionally been used in Britain as a first name."
"Medora von Hoffman, the daughter of a wealthy New York banker, met and married the Marquis de Mores in Cannes, France, in 1882. The Marquis built the 'Chateau de Mores' in the badlands of North Dakota, and then brought his wife Medora and family to live there for three summers, while away from France. The Marquis named the North Dakota town Medora after his young wife."
- mirfak
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I love it. It has a great feel and it's easy to pronounce but not too common.
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http://www.medora.com/
Otherwise I'd like it.
Otherwise I'd like it.
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Cool, a buffalo! ;)
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Medora has a lovely sound to it. Another alternative meaning could be "my gift" since mea means "my" and Dora means "gift" in Latin.
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I like Medora. It's kind of goth-y to me.
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That's a cool history. It does have a Southerwestern, badlands vibe to it -- reminds me vaguely of Sedona perhaps.
I like most Dora names and this fits the bill. It doesn't have quite the punch as say Eudora, but it's still lovely.
The flaw: rhymes with fedora. I really really try not to say "I don't like this name because it sounds like a word", because that's the case for most names and who cares, but fedora has too many comical/creepy vibes to me.
I prefer Metrodora I think!
I like most Dora names and this fits the bill. It doesn't have quite the punch as say Eudora, but it's still lovely.
The flaw: rhymes with fedora. I really really try not to say "I don't like this name because it sounds like a word", because that's the case for most names and who cares, but fedora has too many comical/creepy vibes to me.
I prefer Metrodora I think!
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I like it and have noted it in passing, but never got round to looking it up, so it's good to have some info on it. I like the Metrodora meaning, although I'd be inclined to favour the other two possibilities, or just random poetic invention; there were none born in the UK before the poem. It's been in consistent, if sporadic use in the UK since then, but only two babies got the name in the last 20 years.
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I totally love it. It sounds like a witch name. There's a little town called Medora in my province. I wonder if was named after the Byron poem? I've never been there, but according to Google Maps, it is a beautifully godforsaken looking place, like most little towns are here. Lots of flat land and empty buildings. Gives it a nice sort of pathos.
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I really like it, although I like most -ora/-dora names, and there are some I like more. But I guess one thing that I really love about Medora is the Mother's Gift meaning which is just so amazing and perfect. It has a very lovely look and sound too.
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I like it. It makes me think of Dora the Explorer, not sure if that's good or bad though.
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