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Elora and Alora
Someone asked why these suddenly became so popular and I'm interested in figuring it out as well.Does anyone know? Is there a celebrity association?Elora was a character in a movie which is now on Netflix, I think, so that explains it. But it doesn't explain why Alora is much more common now and I don't think a really old movie would make so many people use it at the same time.I like Elora, but not really Alora (looks too much like Aloha). What about you?
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I like Elora more than Alora, but both are pretty.I don't know if there's a pop culture reason behind their sudden popularity. A quick Google didn't tell me anything apart from the fact that both of them are places: Elora is a town in Ontario, Canada, and Alora (Álora) is a city in Spain. But I don't think that would affect popularity.My theory is that they're just combinations of trendy sounds. The El- prefix, complete with Al- variant. The -ora suffix. We'll surely get Ilora soon. They remind me of Eliana, Aliana, Elara, Alara, Eliora, Aliora. I think all of these names are pretty. Elora and Alora might just be variants.
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Alora sounds similar to Adora from She-Ra -- that's all that I can think of.
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No clue! I'm no expert on pop culture, and I've never seen either name in use in South Africa, but I'll keep looking. Moi, I don't enjoy either one. I love Laura and would gladly use it, but I'm not so keen on Lorraine and definitely not on these two.
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LOL...yeah, I can speak with personal experience that Alora is often mistaken for "Aloha", but I love it. It's a beautiful name. No idea why it's suddenly so popular.
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