Alexandra, Alice or Lydia?

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Just that really! What do you prefer? Middle name would be Margaret (using a family name).

Alice Margaret or Lydia Margaret flows better to my ears than Alexandra Margaret.

Lydia - I love that name and cannot understand why it isn't more popular.

Love Alexandra. Wanted to call ds Alexandra (Ally for short) until the 20week scan showed up an “extra bit”. (Funnily enough - I never fancied Alexander for him.) Great name though - so many different (lovely)shortenings too - Alex, Ally, Lex, Lexie, Alexa, Sasha, Sandra, Sandy. And as a full name Alexandra is so nice and intelligent sounding.

I really like Lydia too - I imagine a Lydia being super elegant. Like Lydie too.

Quite like Alice - again could be Ally which I really like. But not a patch on Alexandra and Lydia.

Not Alexandria, that's a place!

Phunt,

Yes, Alexandria is a place name (of many), but as the most famous were named in honour of Alexander the Great, I'd hazard a guess that baby girls were given female versions of his name from the start of his reign. So pre-dating his founding of cities.

Happy to stand corrected by any historians, though!

They are all beautiful names. Alexandra is the most beautiful by far but you can’t go wrong with any of them I don’t think.

Alexs are always supercool.

I love Lydia

I'm an Alexandra and I love my name I love that it's a name that translates all over the world as well - I've been to several countries where locals have beamed and said 'oh, that's an Arabic / Greek / Spanish / etc' name! All credit to Alexander the Great bonking his way across the continent thousands of years ago I guess...

Only risk is that it shortens to lots of different options. I go by Alex (downside is most people assume I'm a bloke if we haven't met in person), but I've had to shut down a few attempts at Lexi and Sandra... ugh!

They're all nice, but I like Alice the most.

Love Lydia
Like Alexandra
Snore at Alice