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Lydia

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DessieLou · 16/11/2013 09:58

Thoughts? I rather like it and there is none that I know of round here. We are English living in Scotland and I've read on here Lydia means teapot in Scotland - anyone heard of this?!

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MrsUnderwood · 17/11/2013 09:57

My DD is a Lydia. We love Beetlejuice so named her after Winona Ryder's character. We also love the Muppet Show so seeing Kermit singing Lydia the Tattooed Lady really clinched it for us. :D

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DessieLou · 17/11/2013 09:46

Ha! No it doesn't start with a V! Grin.
Thanks for your thoughts.

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ExcuseTypos · 17/11/2013 09:00

I think Lydia Anne sounds great. But if you go with that, just one thing, your surname doesn't start with a V does it Grin

ZeroTolerance · 17/11/2013 00:23

If MIL is the obvious choice, go with Anne. It really doesn't matter about middle names flowing as you don't say them out loud very often. Far better to flatter a family member. I presume you gave DD1 your own mother's name as her MN? Then DD2 should really have MIL. Politics!

perplexedpirate · 17/11/2013 00:06

I really like it.

Lydia.

It's lovely!

cantthinkofagoodone · 16/11/2013 23:29

One syllable for the middle name as Lydia is 3 x

cantthinkofagoodone · 16/11/2013 23:28

Sounds like Olivia which I prefer but is more common I suppose. I do like it though

PandaWatch · 16/11/2013 23:25

I was at school with a Lydia from age 8 to 16 and never once heard/thought of any of the negative connections I've seen on here. I think it's beautiful.

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DessieLou · 16/11/2013 23:15

Ok, next question... Which of these middle name options would go best with Lydia?
Anne
Ruth
Lucy
Alice
None of them sound right to me but we would like a family name as a middle name as we've done with DD. The obvious choice is Anne after MIL but I'm just not sure. Confused

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halecromp · 16/11/2013 23:11

I like it, my friend has twins called Noah and Lydia and she is a sweetheart

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DessieLou · 16/11/2013 22:32

Thanks everyone! It is currently top of the list, I think. Grin

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ZeroTolerance · 16/11/2013 20:19

That Kermit song is funny but nothing terrible about it. I've only ever heard it referenced on here anyway.

I think it's a lovely name.

Bakingtins · 16/11/2013 14:38

I've only ever met one and she is Scottish. Lovely name, would consider it for a DD if it were not my friend's name. I'd never make any lid or teapot connections.

EeyoreIsh · 16/11/2013 13:26

Great name.

OddBoots · 16/11/2013 13:22

It's a nice name, makes me think of Lydia Winters (Director of fun at Mojang, the makers of Minecraft) - quite a few children of the minecraft generation will know of her so think it a cool name.

Frontdoorstep · 16/11/2013 13:21

I'm Scottish and living in Scotland, I've never heard of the teapot connection.

It's a lovely name.

biffnbuster · 16/11/2013 13:21

My cousins little girl is Lydia and I nick name her Lydi-LouLou. She is a very sweet blond curly girly girl at the moment, who likes her ballet lessons.

Layl77 · 16/11/2013 13:15

Lovely name

ZeroTolerance · 16/11/2013 13:08

I like it but DH vetoed it after he googled it as a possibility for DD and cane across Lydia Chlamydia.

I know - I would never have made the connection myself. But once it's in your head, what can you do? Confused

ExcuseTypos · 16/11/2013 12:20

I've also been warning my DD not to turn out like Lydia Bennet, since she was about 13Wink

Weeantwee · 16/11/2013 11:31

I love the name Lydia, only ever met one, a nice girl, quite quirky :)

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 16/11/2013 11:12

It probably helps that no-one really shortens DD's name, except me and I do it the other way around. She used to call herself 'Dia when she was wee, and it's sort of stuck.

RobinVanPrissy · 16/11/2013 11:10

Its a nice name.

There are a fair few where I am in London.

AmberDextrous · 16/11/2013 11:09

It's a pretty, elegant name I think.

ExcuseTypos · 16/11/2013 11:07

My dd is called Lydia. She's 19 and I still love the name as much as I did when we chose it.

She does get it shortened, I'm as guilty as anyone, I call her Liddy quite a bit, but I don't associate it with a teapot. I associate it with my lovely dd.

I think every name could have weird connotations. So I'd ignore everyone else and go for what you love.

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