Lavinia----shrub or ?

[Comerscroft]

I knw floral names are all the rage but a neighbour's daughter has just named her little girl 'Lavinia'.

They hope that she will be called 'Vinnie' rather than the more obvious shortening.

Poor kid. I can already hear it in the classroom/playground as 'Miss.... Lavie needs the lavvy'.

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Unfortunate choice IMO.

[lilymolly]

love it

[hannah001]

sounds like an interestingly unfortunate cross between "lavatory" and "vagina" to me.

[belgo]

hannah

[egypt]

and labia..

[belgo]

and Lochia is very pretty as well

[MrsBadger]

I like it

shorten to Nia?

[ScottishMummy]

ehm yes if caught in a sanitary pad.what about candida if we are getting all organic

lochia = discharges from the vagina of mucus, blood, and tissue debris, following childbirth. [G. neut. pl. of lochios, relating to childbirth, fr. lochos, childbirth

[francagoestohollywood]

Maybe they are Italian, or they love the Virgil. Lavinia is Aeneas' wife

[francagoestohollywood]

their

[hannah001]

Labia, Lochia AND Candida - ah - lovely

francagoestohollywood - stop it - you're raising the tone

[lazarou]

I went to school with someone called Lavinia.
She was alright, nice girl actually