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How many Lydia’s do you know?

167 replies

HoldMyPhone · 19/10/2019 21:36

Just that really? How many and how old?

Thanks Smile

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honeybunlatte · 20/10/2019 20:49

Two. Both mid 20's. 1 is lovely. 1 is a knob head.

Also Aunt Lydia from the Handmaids Tale 😔

MissHenty · 21/10/2019 10:27

Wow you don’t get many names like this that span generations but have consistently been underused - lovely!

Comefromaway · 21/10/2019 10:29

One. A friend of dd's at college. She's 19.

HoldMyPhone · 21/10/2019 10:51

Yes misshenty I agree, makes it feel more timeless to me.

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Whattodoabout · 21/10/2019 11:23

One in her early thirties, lovely woman.

Riddleofthesands · 21/10/2019 11:25

Two, both aged 15.

ChocoChunk1 · 21/10/2019 11:28

My colleague is in her 40s. I love the name.

xanderllama · 21/10/2019 13:34

Two: one is 16 and one is 41 Smile

Petrichor11 · 21/10/2019 20:32

3, aged 13, 23 and 31

Penny85 · 23/10/2019 08:30

My 2 year old is a Lydia, nickname Lyddie Smile

SaharaSunset · 23/10/2019 09:38

2

One is 12 and so sweet the other is 28 and a witch. She's ruined the name for me completely

Whoops75 · 23/10/2019 09:41

One, she’s 7 and adorable

Riddo · 23/10/2019 09:47

3, one is 45, one is 25 and one is 5. I think it's a lovely name.

Shadow1234 · 23/10/2019 17:55

None

Eleanorbellanor · 23/10/2019 18:28

None!

BucketOfTheDetective · 23/10/2019 18:30

Two
One is 24 the other is 67.

Bubblysqueak · 23/10/2019 18:36

Two.

One mid 30s
One late teens

FawnDrench · 23/10/2019 18:37

One - she is 10.

Conkerer · 23/10/2019 18:40

1 is 45
1 is 21
1 is 9
I love it!

MikeUniformMike · 24/10/2019 09:09
  1. One teenage, one mid 20s.
Will get shortened to Lyd, Lyds. Binlid. Rhymes with chlamydia. Otherwise, it's nice.
spiderlight · 24/10/2019 11:43

Two - one in her 40s and one who's 12.

LeftoverPizza · 24/10/2019 11:44

Three, a 7 year old (my DSis), a 12 year old and an 18 year old

miamiibiza · 24/10/2019 11:44

1 - 16

Confusednewmum1 · 26/10/2019 04:09

1 my own who is 13 months. I do quite a few baby groups and never met another, there is another mum who has a Lydia who is around 8 but that’s it.

I am Glaswegian and lots of people made comments about Lydia teapot or dustbin when I was pregnant but I’ve only had 1 old man say teapot Angry after I told him her name.

Most people like it and it seems popular with granny’s in the park who tell you it was there aunts/mum/grans name then stare affectionately at my Lydia.

It’s unusual but easy to say and spell and a real name.

However I seem to have an issue the the receptionist at my Doctors who has repeatedly called her Linda Blush

LucileDuplessis · 26/10/2019 04:13

Two - one in her 40s and one age 6.