Lydia

[MissMoodyMoo]

Still kind of obsessing over a name so seem to be posting nearly every day about new ones that pop into my head for opinions 🙈 anyway...
whilst watching TV earlier my hubby randomly came out with the name Lydia, I was pretty shocked as it's the first decent name he has suggested I actually really like it and it's growing on me but is it too old ladyish?

Love it. Lydia is my favourite character in P&P.

Like others posters, I am afraid that name has been seriously damaged by Handmaids tale character. I know this is a risk with all names but for some reason it’s just stuck badly, whereas Fred, who is an equally evil character hasn’t stuck the same, it’s weird how that happens - and I don’t suggest you call your daughter Fred regardless!

I love it! Wanted it for DC2 but he turned out to be a boy. If we ever have another girl I'd definitely have it on my list.

the name of school bully growing up. Beetlejuice redeems it

Love it. It's my number 1 girls name. If twins hadn't been boys then they were going to be Lydia and Phoebe.
FWIW I watch Handmaids Tale and it hasn't ruined the name for me.

I actually love it

I like it but I do think it's becoming popular (the new Phoebe).

I also dislike it being abbreviated to Lyds

I like it, but a contemporary at school was always nn’d Binnie, as in Lidya dustbin.
What about Belinda?

Belinda's worse. My friend was called bell end at school.

I’ve always really liked it since I was a kid.

Ballet shoes, Noel Streatfeild possibly? Might have got that wrong.

Tinywhale I think there was a Lydia in Noel Streatfeild's Gemma series? One of her "ballet-obsessed younger sister" characters?

It's a beautiful name. It doesn't sound old ladyish to me, more like a classic which has managed to avoid becoming a fad name so far.

Beautiful and classic. I wouldn’t worry about the H.T. There is a beautiful Faure song in French Lydia (look at YouTube) which has always made me love it. It’s also in the New Testament - so it really goes way back.

Beautiful, classic name. Love it!

I think the novel of Madame doubtfire has a Lydia in it - I loved the name as a kid but now it makes me think of a poisonous flower. I think it works if you live in a place where everyone speaks quite RP but where I live it’d be ‘lid-ya’ or ‘lid-i-err’

I'm surprised by the old lady comments! It was going to be my sisters name (she's 25) but my Mum changed her mind last min.

I know another Lydia who is about 27...

And my cousin who is 9 is also called Lydia.

They're the only ones I know! It's a gorgeous name 😊❤

I don't think it's old lady at all. It's a really nice name. But Lydia Bennet and Aunt Lydia do put me off it - if I think hard about it.

I've loved the name since I read H E Bates, Love for Lydia at school in 80s. My cousins daughter is called Lydia, it's a beautiful name

Hate it. A) Lydia Bennett

Haha, I love it for this reason. I also have a Kitty. That wasn't intentional re P&P as both are family names.

My Lydia was one of 2 in her primary but now she's in year 6 and the only one. She often gets Lydie or Lyds, but most call her her full name.