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Lavia

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Viola82 · 05/06/2018 09:29

what do we think please? I know it's bit different but it would work in different countries/cultures which I'm keen on

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ChardonnaysPrettySister · 05/06/2018 12:38

Flavia is lovely.

greendale17 · 05/06/2018 12:37

I read it as lavatory

Cosmoa · 05/06/2018 12:33

Oh how ridiculous!! As if kids will call her Labia!! And anyway who cares... There are like a million Williams who could get called willy and probably don't..

Mums net is ridiculous.

I think it's a lovely name.

robotcartrainhat · 05/06/2018 12:25

Livia is lovely! Lavia did make me think of labia im sorry!!
How about Flavia?

bixquert · 05/06/2018 12:23

Lavinia is nicer than them all imo

Aprilshouldhavebeenmyname · 05/06/2018 11:36

Change your name to Lavia and you could be Lavia majora and Lavia minora!

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Viola82 · 05/06/2018 11:31

Thank you very much ladies! Now I just need to convince my DH on Livia ;)

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user1483387154 · 05/06/2018 11:13

Livia is much nicer. Other name I read as labia. Sorry

MadamWillYouTalk · 05/06/2018 11:11

I didn't think labia, but I did think you'd missed the first letter from Flavia - which is quite a pretty name Smile

hungryhippie · 05/06/2018 10:59

I also read it as Labia Confused

Marcipex · 05/06/2018 10:57

No no no
Livia is very pretty , Olivia even nicer

MikeUniformMike · 05/06/2018 10:56

Labia was my first thought, then Lav.
Livia is nice but there are so many Olivias.

Flamingosnbears · 05/06/2018 10:53

Livia is better but it will get mistaken for Olivia.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 05/06/2018 10:51

Livia is better, Olivia is lovely !
Other names ;
Lucia
Lyra
Lydia
Lyssia
Lena
Lula

ISeeTheLight · 05/06/2018 10:02

Me too, I immediately thought of Labia.

How about something like Lara, Laura, Livia, Licia? They all work well in different languages.

FizzyGreenWater · 05/06/2018 09:57

100% no!

PandaG · 05/06/2018 09:56

Livia better, though personally would use Olivia and give choice of diminutives.

Lavia makes me think of a cross between labia and lavvy (lavatory - or toilet), sorry!

MrsHathaway · 05/06/2018 09:53

Livia is lovely and well-known.

Lavia ... well, look, many small children take a while to pronounce the sound V and substitute in B in the meantime. So she might well call herself Labia. NOPE.

babydreamer1 · 05/06/2018 09:38

Livi, Livia or Via can be a nn for Olivia?

ChardonnaysPrettySister · 05/06/2018 09:38

Livia is better.

Lavia is too close the labia. It also sounds very much like a washing powder or similar.

DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 05/06/2018 09:38

Livia's much nicer imo.

Fabellini · 05/06/2018 09:36

Why not Olivia?

babydreamer1 · 05/06/2018 09:35

Sorry OP it's not very nice, sounds like a cross between labia and lavatory. What about Lavinia or Lavender?

ChristinaMarlowe · 05/06/2018 09:35

Or Latvian labia

Failingtoday · 05/06/2018 09:35

I assume you're having us on.

If you're not, sorry, it's just like labia. It would be pronounced Labia in Spain.

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