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Athena or Lydia?

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Blueisthecolour9 · 17/02/2017 09:01

DH finally gave in last night and said "if you want Lydia that badly, I don't mind. Call her Lydia, and she'll be beautiful" Grin

However, we also really like Athena and I'm unsure what's nicer, Athena or Lydia?

I'll save the repeat topic of middle names for another date Confused

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SuperBeagle · 17/02/2017 09:06

I'm not a fan of either...

Athena is very aspirational, IMO, and the association with it is so strong that it may well end up being a burden to your DD. I don't see it as any different to using Zeus or Aphrodite. They're all so well known that I can just imagine they might be a difficult name to live up to.

Lydia is objectively a nice name, but Chlamydia (nickname of the Lydia I knew) would put me off entirely. The Lydia I knew attempted to get people to call her Lia in the end (didn't work).

mum2be2boys · 17/02/2017 09:05

Lydia :-)

ThroughThickAndThin01 · 17/02/2017 09:02

Athena

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