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Right- I give up. How about Lyra?

59 replies

MumNeedsCoffee · 05/03/2010 20:35

Completely stuck. Pregmamt with DC4 and for the life of me cannot come up with a pretty girl's name we all like!!

Now DH is suggesting Lyra, and I go back and forth- sometimes I think I really like it, then I think it's either pretentious or too close to Lycra- disaster...

Thoughts,anyone?
Does anyone actually know a Lyra- apart from the one in the golden compass, obv. Does she get called Spandex a lot?

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LampostMadeMeBald · 05/03/2010 20:58

nah dont like it. sounds harsh not pretty

sounds like an evil character

like someone who kills puppies

Dumbledoresgirl · 05/03/2010 20:58

Personally, I find Lyra really hard to say. How about Lara?

DaisymooSteiner · 05/03/2010 20:56

I like it.

mathanxiety · 05/03/2010 20:55

The Philip Pullman book from the Dark Materials series springs to mind. (Lyra's Oxford...)

I love the name, also love Lara and Laurel.

Yzzil · 05/03/2010 20:52

Sorry don't know how that happened.

Yzzil · 05/03/2010 20:51

Don't know a Lyra but have to confess I just misread it as Lycra. Thought it was a bit odd...

Yzzil · 05/03/2010 20:50

Don't know a Lyra but have to confess I just misread it as Lycra. Thought it was a bit odd...

hf128219 · 05/03/2010 20:49

Good god no.

Laragh?

BlueBumedFly · 05/03/2010 20:47

I really like Lyra.... how about a few alternatives. Would never have thought of Lycra though.

Leila
Layla
Lila
Lola