Ellen - it’s a lovely classic, and unlike most of your other choices, is not currently a top 100 name.

Anonymous wrote:Except my brother Lawrence is LOR-rince.

That’s not the usual pronunciation. That sounds more like a New Jersey or New York pronunciation, but not typically mid Atlantic.

Anna

Except my brother Lawrence is LOR-rince.

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Anonymous wrote:For the vast majority of people Lara and Laura are pronounced the same. Lah-ra. No one says Lair-a and very few people say Loh-ra. Obviously I would pronounce someone’s name however they told me to, but all the Laras and Lauras I know pronounce it the same way. Lah-ra.

I like all the names except Claire. Nothing wrong with it, I’ve just never liked it personally.

Yeah, as the PP named Laura, you’re completely wrong. The only people who call me “Lah-ra” are from NJ, and I don’t care, since it’s a regional difference in pronunciation. Almost everyone says “Lore-ah.”

Anyone can pronounce their name any way they want to, but it does make sense that if you want the name pronounced with an “or” sound, it would be spelled Lora. Laura, by its spelling, has a softer “au” sound, more like the word “awe.” Lawrence is the masculine form of the name and the “law” sound is there also.

Lara and Laura are not pronounced the same. The first syllable of Lara is pronounced the same as the first syllable of Larry.

Claire

I like all of them but Laura. Every other kid is the 00s was named Lauren or Laura and I'm over it.

Katherine

Katherine. And I like Elizabeth, but not Liz or Lizzy. I like Beth.

Laura

Jennifer. I love the nostalgia of it. Sorry not sorry!

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Anonymous wrote:For the vast majority of people Lara and Laura are pronounced the same. Lah-ra. No one says Lair-a and very few people say Loh-ra. Obviously I would pronounce someone’s name however they told me to, but all the Laras and Lauras I know pronounce it the same way. Lah-ra.

I like all the names except Claire. Nothing wrong with it, I’ve just never liked it personally.

Yeah, as the PP named Laura, you’re completely wrong. The only people who call me “Lah-ra” are from NJ, and I don’t care, since it’s a regional difference in pronunciation. Almost everyone says “Lore-ah.”

NP here. I completely agree. I’ve never heard anyone pronounce Laura differently than Lore-Ah. Then again, I’ve never been to Jersey, so there’s that.

(In California, Chicago, NY, and even here in DC Laura is pronounced very differently than Lara.)

Anonymous wrote:For the vast majority of people Lara and Laura are pronounced the same. Lah-ra. No one says Lair-a and very few people say Loh-ra. Obviously I would pronounce someone’s name however they told me to, but all the Laras and Lauras I know pronounce it the same way. Lah-ra.

I like all the names except Claire. Nothing wrong with it, I’ve just never liked it personally.

Yeah, as the PP named Laura, you’re completely wrong. The only people who call me “Lah-ra” are from NJ, and I don’t care, since it’s a regional difference in pronunciation. Almost everyone says “Lore-ah.”

Elizabeth, Claire, Anna, Katherine
Ellen sticks out as not classic. Classic is Helen or Helena but I don’t love it.

For the vast majority of people Lara and Laura are pronounced the same. Lah-ra. No one says Lair-a and very few people say Loh-ra. Obviously I would pronounce someone’s name however they told me to, but all the Laras and Lauras I know pronounce it the same way. Lah-ra.

I like all the names except Claire. Nothing wrong with it, I’ve just never liked it personally.