Lydia & Ophelia

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I already have an Lydia. Love Ophelia but is it too samey with the ‘ia’ ending?

I love it!

Nope ! Love !

No, not too similar at all. If you're worried about it though you could go for Orla as an alternative.

Nice names :)

They both have the same feel to me, but they aren't too similar.

I love Ophelia, but it's quite long for an 'everyday' name - do you have a shortening or nickname in mind? I knew an Ophelia who was known as 'Cece', which of course is nothing like Lydia.

My nieces are Delilah and Ophelia. I wouldn’t worry about it

Ophelia is lovely, I don't think its too similar to Lydia at all.

Love it!

I think it’s a very different style of name to Lydia. It jars. But I don’t think they are too similar in sound.

Lids n Off for short.

I agree; Ophelia seems quite surprising to me, as a sister for Lydia. I'd expect Lydia's sister to be named either something biblical (Tabitha, Abigail, Naomi) else something Austen-esque (Charlotte, Elinor, Emma). I don't think Lydia and Ophelia are too similar at all.

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Agree completely. You put it better than I did.

@finallychangedmyusername what category would you put Ophelia in? So you see Lydia as classic/old/biblical/literary?

I don’t think I’m too fussed about them fitting as such but worries me that they sound completely jarring to some.

I was more concerned that the phonetic sound was too similar but I may have opened up a new concern!

I love both!
I have a Lydia and had a Grace.
I think they sound lovely together

To answer your question OP...I'd probably describe Ophelia as classical Greek/upper class. I know Shakespeare used it in Hamlet, but to me it's not a 'typical' Shakespearean name. Personally, I'd expect Ophelia's sister to be named Persephone, Athena or maybe Penelope or Cordelia.

And yep, I see Lydia as a lovely timeless name with biblical origins, but with a spark in popularity around the turn of the century (literary associations).

But having said all that, I am well aware that Lydia is also a Greek name (in origin)! So just my opinion and maybe they DO work well together!

They work well together as sisters.

It sounds like your mind is made up OP, but just in case not: don’t do it!!
Ophelia was rejected, bereaved, went mad, and drowned. There is nothing but watery sadness and weed-strewn death about that name. On top of that the whole feel-ya sound is just going to be a gift for anyone who wants to pick on her.

If you really must have a tragic name, Cordelia or Juliet at least had some agency! Or Otillie if you want the O?
Or to go with your Grecian Lydia: Penelope, Helen, Irene (all due a comeback??), Ariadne, Hebe, Thalia, Xenia... sooo many lovely names to chose from, and all without the insane and suicidal connotations of Ophelia!

It's a no from me. Lydia Chlamydia and Ophelia Tits.

Lydia is nice though apart from the nn Lyds. Stamp that one now. Lydie as a nn is very cute.

Lara goes better and is a lovely literary name.

I love Ophelia though (Hamlet is my favourite WS play).

It’s a no from me too, I can’t be the only person that hums this every time I hear of a baby Lydia?

Lydia, Oh Lydia, that encyclopaedia...

Lydia and Lara are a bit matchy.

Bit twee to have them both ending the same.

But my niece is Lydia and she’s always called Lydie or Lyds.

Love the name Ophelia but, to me, it doesn't work with Lydia. Also, I think Ophelia is too heavily associated with Hamlet, madness and death. Pity because it is a very pretty name.

There were twin sisters in my school called Lydia and Jessica. Always thought the names went well together.

I remember a birth announcement in an Australian newspaper which read something like, “Mr and Mrs Dick: a daughter named Ophelia.”

Lovely. Ophelia is on our shortlist.