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Livia or Vera

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atheist8mantis · 07/06/2021 01:54

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TatianaBis · 09/06/2021 20:00

@Sometimesonly

I really like Vera pronounced the Italian way but in the UK that's not going to happen!
Me too. It doesn’t work in English.
Sometimesonly · 09/06/2021 19:59

I really like Vera pronounced the Italian way but in the UK that's not going to happen!

Todayissunny · 09/06/2021 19:56

I know a Liviya. Stress is on the ya and the Li is soft. I've never associated it with Olivia.
I know 2 Vera's. Both lovely people, but I'm just not sure about the name.

ILoveShula · 09/06/2021 19:55

Lyvia is awful.

Olivia and Livia are different names but written down they are very similar. It's a bit like being called Sara when Sarah was at it's peak.

Fruityfriday · 09/06/2021 19:48

Has anyone got any Vera's?"
Lovely Ya Ha Ha Ha

DinaofCloud9 · 09/06/2021 19:48

Vera is awful. Anything would be an improvement.

Livia does sound like Olivia but is nicer than Vera and nicer than Olivia too for that matter.

Disfordarkchocolate · 09/06/2021 19:45

Livia/Lyvia. My favourite girls name. Beautiful.

TatianaBis · 09/06/2021 19:44

Livia is a completely different name.

3peassuit · 09/06/2021 19:28

Livia is nice but a bit close to Olivia. How about Viva?

Twinkie01 · 09/06/2021 19:25

Vera is an old lady with a blue rinse who chats to I've (ivy) over the garden fence whilst drinking weak tea and wearing tabard.

Posieandpip · 09/06/2021 18:15

*Doris, not Doria!

Posieandpip · 09/06/2021 18:14

@Luckingfovely

100% Livia.

Is Vera even a real suggestion? Is the baby going to be born in Coronation Street in the 1960s? Grin

This made me laugh although I do think Vera is cute in its own way. I'm an expat in an Asian country where people choose their own English name and Vera is weirdly common, as is Doria. Still don't know where so many people got the idea for these two names from!

I'd choose Livia, though.

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atheist8mantis · 09/06/2021 18:05

Vita is a family name and I'm avoiding those. I don't like Vida.
I'm worried about Livia being confused with Olivia, but I'm having a hard time coming up with another name I like as much.

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Antiqueanniesmagiclanternshow · 08/06/2021 09:50

They're both awful. Vera is spectacularly awful. Vera Duckworth, vera lyn.. proper older lady name

Livia sounds like you've mispronounced olivia.

drpet49 · 08/06/2021 09:45

Absolutely hate Vera. Such an ugly, boring name.

BloodyPalaver · 08/06/2021 09:44

Neither but Livia at a push but I also think of Tony Sopranos whiny mother and to Londoners/Essexers(?) Olivia and Livia are one and the same.

fantasmasgoria1 · 08/06/2021 09:32

Vera just sounds a bit harsh and old fashioned. Also Vera duckworth.

QwertyGirly · 08/06/2021 09:29

I know a Livia and I personally like the name, but she constantly has to state it's Livia not Olivia, say 'it's spelled like Olivia but without the O', she thinks it's a pain. But she's a teenager and everything is a pain at 15.

HoldingTheDoor · 08/06/2021 09:20

Vera is awful.

Livia is ok but it sounds unfinished to me.

Raindropumbrella · 07/06/2021 23:21

Vera

EishetChayil · 07/06/2021 23:18

Livia puts me in mind if Tony Soprano's obstreperous mother.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 07/06/2021 23:11

Livia is beautiful, very elegant imo - it seems a shame it's underused due to the popularity of Olivia.

Vera still feels too dated in the UK to me (I understand it's used on all ages in other countries though, so it would depend if you'd mind it has more of an OAP image here?).

Tillygetsit · 07/06/2021 23:00

Vera. Livia makes me think of liver. (Shudders)

wanderedlonelyasacloud · 07/06/2021 20:28

Than*

wanderedlonelyasacloud · 07/06/2021 20:28

Livia

I've never heard of vera pronounced any other way then Veer-uh (that's including the one in my family, a couple of others I know through work/friends, and of course... Vera Duckworth!)