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Lavinia girls name?

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Youmeandthesea · 11/09/2019 09:59

What do you think of the name Lavinia?

I'm aware of the unfortunate Lavinia in the Shakespeare play, but feel like we can look past that since we had never heard of the play before, so doubt many others will make the connection.

Other names we have in mind are Georgina, and Sunny. We like Annie too but know quite a few Annies already. I keep falling in love with a particular name and then after a few days it just falls flat.

Middle name will most likely be Olive, since I'd like to use my grandmother's name

Last name is one syllable

Also open to other suggestions! I don't like anything that's extremely trendy right now.

Thanks everyone! Smile

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Youmeandthesea · 11/09/2019 16:00

@Peterslee that's such a coincidence because our surname is Wing! Smile I still like Lavinia, so funny that so many people dislike it, I did want to take that into account

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Chitarra · 11/09/2019 15:46

I think Lavinia Olive is lovely!

Bbq1 · 11/09/2019 15:44

What about Anne instead of Annie? It's a lovely name that you never hear girls being named these days? Or Lavinia Anne?

HeadintheiClouds · 11/09/2019 15:41

I don’t like it. But I really don’t like Sunny, it’s awful. Connie is nice...

Peterslee · 11/09/2019 15:36

My gran was called Lavinia, her full name was Lavinia Gertrude Bird. She loved her name.

AverageMummy · 11/09/2019 14:20

Sorry I hate Lavinia
Olive & Georgina are beautiful
Connie is lovely but I prefer Coraline to Constance

user1493494961 · 11/09/2019 14:00

Not keen on Lavinia and agree with pp Sunny Isn't a name. Georgina is OK.

NannyR · 11/09/2019 12:56

What about Laetitia? Could have Letty as a pet name which is quite sweet.

Petrichor11 · 11/09/2019 12:28

My first thought was Won Won and Lav Lav (Harry Potter and the half blood prince)

Georgina or Annie are much much nicer

daisypond · 11/09/2019 12:24

Lavinia is OK actually. It could grow on me. I’m put off by thinking of the inevitable nickname of Lav but maybe you could push Vinnia or Vinnie.

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Youmeandthesea · 11/09/2019 12:19

@Sophronia I love Susannah actually, but my husband knows someone with that name who he doesn't like Hmm

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ButterflyOfFreedom · 11/09/2019 12:09

Not keen on Lavinia- only ever known one and she wasn't very nice!!

Olive is lovely.

Evangeline
Lydia
Natalia
Francesca
Alexandria
Dorothea
Harriet
Penelope
Christiana
Victoria
Violet
Iris

Sophronia · 11/09/2019 12:06

Susannah can have both Sunny and Annie as nicknames, do you like that?

FatherFintanFay · 11/09/2019 12:04

I like Lavinia - I had a great great aunt with this name (only technically, since she died before I was born) and apparently it was shortened to Vin, not Lav or Lavvy.

It is actually a Roman name, so if you like that vibe there is also Claudia, Julia, Valeria, Antonia, Gaia, Lucia/Lucilla, or Livia. Could go leftfield with Drusilla or Calpurnia Grin.

If you like Georgie, you could go for Georgia instead of Georgina, although I prefer the latter slightly.

Olive makes me think of the one from On The Buses, unfortunately.

BuzzShitbagBobbly · 11/09/2019 11:58

lavatories and labias
Good name for a new lesbian bar though! Grin

Shockers · 11/09/2019 11:49

It makes me think of lavatories and labias- I’m sorry.

fruitbrewhaha · 11/09/2019 11:43

Valentina Olive is a good name.
or Valerine is nice

imclaustrophobicdarren · 11/09/2019 11:32

I love love love Lavinia

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Youmeandthesea · 11/09/2019 11:32

Oh I like Valentina! I will suggest it to my husband

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romylee · 11/09/2019 11:23

I know a Lavinia her sister is Alessandra they are both beautiful names
I also like Tatiana and Valentina which are similar to Lavinia

Morado · 11/09/2019 11:19

Also makes me think of the mean girl from A Little Princess! It's a lovely name regardless though.

userabcname · 11/09/2019 11:16

I don't like Lavinia - similar-ish names like Lydia or Leila are nice though? I love Georgina so that's my favourite of your list. Vivienne?

MrsBertBibby · 11/09/2019 11:16

How about Verity? Verity Olive. I like the V sounds!

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Youmeandthesea · 11/09/2019 11:08

Thanks for your input everyone, it's helpful.

If we chose Sunny then Olive wouldn't be the middle name, unsure of middle name for Sunny. We have somewhat gone off Sunny, but every now and then we like it again. I like that it always has positive associations.

Mainly like Georgina because I love the nn Georgie.

I love Olive too, and would consider as a first name, but worried that it is too close to the extremely popular Olivia? I have been seeing Olive on "popular names lists" lately, which puts me off.

Once I mull a name over for a while it seems to fall flat every time.

I like Constance (Connie) but my husband does not. Not sure if say I'm in love with it though.

There's a strong possibility I am overthinking the whole name thing! I have a very common name, always at least two other in the class, and that has never bothered me

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BykerBykerOoh · 11/09/2019 10:56

I really don’t like Lavinia sorry. It reminds me of lavatories. Sunny is a great name - but sunny olive isn’t great. Olive is lovely as a first name too.

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