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Idris is really cool, even for a non-Welsh person. I'd maybe use it as a middle name.

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I love Thora too. I'd use it as a first or middle name. I'd like Joan Thora or Thora Joan better than Jane Thora, just because I think Jane is a bit too sweet for Thora.

I've known a couple Idrises - and neither of them was Welsh. One was a Palestinian Muslim, and the other was a white Muslim convert. It's also an Arabic name! :) So that being said, I don't think it would be weird on a non-Welsh person at all.

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I've also known a Thora, she was a baby who passed away... Jane Thora is really cool. I don't think it's too intense for a real person at all. It's artsy and snippy.

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I'm unsure about Idris. It does seem like it could go unisex

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Thora I love. And as others have noted I too think it makes a great nn for Theodora

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Jane Thora I don't care for. It sounds lispy. Thora Jane is loads better

Idris seems to me like one of those names that might come into fashion - in thirty years. It also seems likely to go unisex. I'm not fascinated by it ... I love DR sounds, but Idris does not sound quite namey enough to me. It's sort of adenoidal, like it's missing an N sound? Dunno. I don't really enjoy saying it. But it's alright.

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Thora doesn't seem intense to me unless I think about Thor, which I don't generally, when I hear Thora. Thora feels more like a nick for Theodora, like Theda. I don't think it sounds harsh at all; I can totally picture it on a youth. Goes with Freya really well... even seems a little bit less fanciful because it seems to have just a shadow of antique-ness, and Freya does not.

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Jane Thora is okay. Doesn't sound old or cranky to me. Joan Thora would, though.

I love both Idris and Thora. Idris is beautiful and exotic-sounding. Thora is kind of punk-rocker chic to me. I prefer Thora Jane. :)

I like both. Jane Thora is a great combo!

I really like Idris and love Thora. Both deserve more recognition!

If I came across a child named Idris I might wonder if they were named after Idris Elba so I definitely think it can work on a non-Welsh person. I like it.

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I met some people a while ago who had a daughter named Idris. They gave quite complicated reasons why they chose that name and she had a very unusual middle name as well but I can't remember the details now.

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Thora is a bit cranky and intense for me. Not my style along with similar names like Thea. Also makes me think of the late Thora Hird (who was a very well respected actress).

Not sure about Idris. I don't like that it sounds like Iris or Isis, names I don't care for.

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I love Thora, it's one of my favourites. Why do you think it would be too intense?

I really, really like Idris. I think it's great for a boy or a girl. I'm sure it's fine for someone not from Wales. I'm not from Wales.

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Thora I don't really care for. I like Tora much better.

I love Idris. It's a family name for me, which makes me like it more. :) I don't think it sounds or looks super Welsh, even though it is, so could probably do ok on a non-Welsh-at-all person.

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Thora is ok. I kinda like the sound and kinda think it's too intense for me.

Idris gives me a very firm and clear picture of an ibis. Kind of weird but it does ^_^"
I wouldn't have known it was Welsh if you hadn't said but I reckon anyone who knows would find it super Welsh. I also couldn't guess if it was a boy's name or girl's.

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Jane Thora does totally give that image xD It's not a name I'd ever care to use but I guess it's alright. Nothing wrong with it, anyway.

Idris reminds me of crying, for some reason. Thora is cool and commanding, not too intense. I think it kicks ass.