What about Livinia

[Rosesaredead]

Not a typo! I like the sound of the name Lavinia but I hate the fact that she might be called Lav as a nickname. Livinia is the Spanish spelling and I think much nicer (I also love the nickname Liv).

Thoughts? Is it a bit of a mean-girl-from-an-old-novel name?

Also, would you pronounce it like Liv-in-nee-uh or -liv-in-yuh?

Lavinia looks so much nicer.
And yeah for some reason to me, it does make me think of a mean girl haha!

Like Lavinia

I love either spelling! I have a relative generations-back with that name. See what you mean about being shortened to Lab though - I think Livinia is fine and like it being shortened to Liv.

The only Lavinia I know goes by Nina.

To my eye, Livinia looks mis-spelt. Like Shinaid in my primary school class

I quite like it, I like it better than Lavinia. But I think you and she will often see it spelled wrongly and spend a lot of time correcting people who think it's Lavinia, because they've never heard of the name Livinia.

Lavinia is better and you could shorten it ti Liv or Vinny.
Livinia looks like a typo.

I think as long as it's a correct spelling in one language or another then it's fine personally! Liv is a nice nickname, like you said nicer than Lav

OP most baby name sites are terribly unreliable. Livinia is not the Spanish version of Lavinia. According to the Spanish Office of National Statistics, "There are no inhabitants with the name consulted or they number less than 20 per national total". There are, however, 484 women and girls with the name Lavinia living in Spain .
www.ine.es/tnombres/formGeneralresult.do

Livia is the Italian for Olivia - that might work? I much prefer Lavinia to Livinia.

What about Lydia?

I prefer it to Lavinia, but like Livia more than either of them.

I might be wrong but I think the mean girl in A Little Princess is called Lavinia, so that might be where that perception’s come from.

I think it sounds nice but I can’t get past the mean girl thing and the “Lav” nickname. But then Livinia does look like a typo

I came on to suggest Livia too!

Don't mind Livinia, tbh. People are called all sorts and Lavinia isn't that commonly used anyway.

It looks like you can't spell. Not a good look.

I know a Lavinia, she goes by Livi

Awful name with a misspelling is just how it looks to me & reminds me of the word lavatory

The Lav nickname puts me off, even with the Livinia spelling - it just says"I wanted to avoid Lav" so you think of it anyway IYSWIM.

How about Vinia on its own?

Sonia
Vivienne
Alicia
Zinnia
Venetia
Violetta (Lettie)
Larissa
Lorelei
Savannah

Not keen on Lavinia or Livinia.
Do like Liv and Livi though- nn for Livia or Olivia?

Livia or Liviana are Italian names, both nice.

Never heard and not keen. Livia is much nicer imo.

Lavinia is lovely...not so keen on Livinia

My daughters name is Laviska. So sort of similar with lav at the beginning. Her names never been shortened to lav ever and she's 14.

I prefer Lavinia to Livina.

I don't like either Livinia or Lavinia, and I don't think of lavatory.