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What do you think of the name Lydia?

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Helenwiththebigmelons · 08/04/2016 18:51

It's the only suitable/things I really like. I want a girl's name that is not only lovely for a little one, but fitting for an adult too.

I like Winfred, but I dislike the shortened name Winnie. I also like Beatrice, but I dislike Betty.

What are your thoughts?

Thank you Smile

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crispytruffle · 08/04/2016 22:01

I really like it. I have just started my family tree and have discovered this name goes back generations, wish I had known before as I would have used it as a middle name for my DD to carry on the tradition!

GC79 · 08/04/2016 21:39

I think it's beautiful and Lydia chlamydia didn't enter my mind at all.

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Bagatelle1 · 08/04/2016 21:01

I love it

CointreauVersial · 08/04/2016 20:56

Lovely name.

mrsschu · 08/04/2016 20:53

I don't like it at all - it sounds dull and very "proper". Wouldn't think of chlamydia though!!

HerRoyalNotness · 08/04/2016 20:29

I prefer the French version Lydie. I know a couple of them and they are very lovely.

Also like Beatrice mn Bea. If I was going to use Winfred I'd probably go Fred for nn or Freddie. I quite like a male nn for a girl for some reason.

SirVixofVixHall · 08/04/2016 19:54

Lydia is beautiful. I don't think all names need a cutey cute nn when a child is small for a start. When I was a child there was a tv series my mother use to watch called "Love for Lydia", I thought Lydia was such a lovely name then, and I still do.

BingoBonkers · 08/04/2016 19:52

Beatrice nn Bea

Nibbl3s · 08/04/2016 19:51

I have a friend called Lydia and people shorten it too Lyds or DeeSmile

Pollaidh · 08/04/2016 19:49

Beatrice can be shortened to Bee or Bea (the latter pronounced bey-a and comes from the French form of Beatrice).

MrsUnderwood · 08/04/2016 19:49

I have a Lydia. We named her after Lydia from Beetlejuice and Lydia the Tattooed Lady (the Muppets did an awesome version of it).

gymboywalton · 08/04/2016 19:46

love lydia
really pretty name

great dean freedman song
and the scene in the fisherking where robin williams sings lydia the tattooed lady is one of the most romantic movie moments ever

Yika · 08/04/2016 19:44

Lydia's a really lovely name.

I would never call a Beatrice Betty for short. I'd call her Beatrice or Bee!

TondelayaDellaVentamiglia · 08/04/2016 19:43

dh vetoed Lydia as a first name for dd due to the song, even though the midwife who delivered her was also called Lydia and had never heard of Lydia, the Tattooed Lady and I insisted it was a sign.

it is her middle name though

i have also never heard of LydiaChlamydia!

pilates · 08/04/2016 19:42

Very nice

rightguard · 08/04/2016 19:40

I have a Lydia and it's a lovely name. She usually likes it but she's 7. And today would to like to be called ottoline Confused

Twistedheartache · 08/04/2016 19:38

I love it. Girl I went to school with was lyd and I always think lydia teapot too.
Lydia chlamydia wouldn't have occurred to me

SuffolkNWhat · 08/04/2016 19:38

My immediate thought was Lydia Wickham nee Bennet.

It's a lovely name.

ocelot41 · 08/04/2016 19:35

Love it!

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Helenwiththebigmelons · 08/04/2016 19:34

Costa Lydia Teapot? Awwwww! Cute ThanksHalo

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Costacoffeeplease · 08/04/2016 19:34

I wouldn't think chlamydia - I do automatically think Lydia teapot

OrangeNoodle · 08/04/2016 19:32

I've never heard of such a thing. But Lydia was quite a popular name in my school (girls only public boarding school), so perhaps it being such a normal and frequently used name meant others were less likely to take the piss out of it in that way.

allegretto · 08/04/2016 19:29

I love it and wanted to use it but didn't go with surname.

5BlueHydrangea · 08/04/2016 19:29

I really like it. My dd is Lucia and when I say it people often say 'Lydia?' if they mishear it.
I think it's pretty. Liddy would be the most likely shortening I would think. Lydia Chlamydia would never pop into my brain but I'm not a teenage girl!

Beatrice is good too.i know a couple and they are both Bea! In fact for ages I thought that was my friends DD's name as she never calls her anything else.

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