Lyra?

[Rebe90]

Just that really, what do you think of the name Lyra? It's to go with a fairly long surname beginning with B. Thanks in advance!

I like it!

Love it, and the book/character it comes from.

It reminds me of Lycra.

Lie ra

Or

Lee ra

Will be a very common question.

I love it. I wanted it as a name for DD. So pretty.

As long as the surname beginning with B isn't Lyra Belacqua, as in Philip Pullman! Although actually it's a lovely full name anyway and she's a good heroine in the books.

I like it!

Dh loves it but we felt it was too close to liar so we went with something similar starting with L.

I like it.

Lycra/liar to me. Not keen.

I LOVE it, I would use it myself but theres a girl around here called Lyra already x

I know one, and pronunciation has never been an issue.

I first read it as Lycra.

I have a welsh relative called Lyra

It's a beautiful name

I really like it

I like it

Love it. Beautiful name. Was in my top 3 for DD. BUT she didn't end up looking like one!

Also in my head I had the 'liar' (and there's a passage in the books about the character being referred to as that, if you were inspired by the books) and 'lycra' looks like/sounds like.

Thanks for the feedback all. Was thinking it would be pronounced 'lie ra' not 'lee ra'. Husband and I both loved the books as kids so think that's influenced our opinion! Slightly concerned about the Lycra/ liar associations though!

Love the name, and love the Northern Lights trilogy!

A dear friend has a DD called Lyra- it's a beautiful name!

Love it! I'd love to be named after such a great character!

It's on my list, alongside Leda and Lena.

Yes, there is a theme to the names I like

I really like it, love the books and Lyra is a good character to be named after I think

My one year old is a Lyra. One person (of Eastern European origin) asked if it was leeera. No one has called her Liar. A few people have said that they know another Lyra though.

Most people say oh, like the book?