Thoughts on the name Lyra

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Just that really. What do you think of the name Lyra for a girl?

Thank you xx

I like it but I think it has got quite popular with the pullman books being more well known.

Makes me think of Lycra

I love it she will be an adventurer

I like it. I definitely don't hate it, I
can't say I lovvve it (but that's to be expected with every name - some will hate, some will love, some will like, some will feel meh about it). To me it's simple, short and sweet.

I went to school with someone called Lyris and it instantly made me think of her. She was a popular and likeable character at our school.

Lyra
Lyris
Lyssa

I love it and I adore the Philip Pullman associations as she is an amazing character. Much prefer it to Lara too.

Love it!
Love Delilah too.

Love it!

Sorry, not a fan. I too think of Lycra or Liar. Until the Irish girl Lyra McKee was shot recently, I'd never heard of it. Not a nice association IMO. I also think it could be mispronounced as Leer-aa.

Liri - sounds like Lear ree, or Siri

I like it. Would have been on my girl's name list, but DH not keen.

I do think it will become very popular now though, due to the HDM adaptation on BBC.

I really like it. I know a ten year old Lyra but no others. While I do think it will become more popular with the resurgence of the Philip Pullman books from the tv series, I don’t think it will ever be top 10 popular so not enough to be off putting. I also think it won’t date as badly as names like Arya from GoT as the books have been around for years and the tv show isn’t as massive as GoT.

Love it

Makes me think Liar. Don't like it.

I loved His Dark Materials as a child and I really like Lyra. The books have been popular for about 20 years so its popularity reflects the fact that people my age are now adults and having babies.

I agree with a PP that it is unlikely to become Top 10 popular.

I think it's a very pretty name, esp. when pronounced as per the HDM novels.

I love it. It would be on my list if it worked in DH's language.

Love it. On our list if we have another DD.

Makes me think of Lycra

I love it.

It makes me think of a type of big cat.

Love it

I like it in theory, but it is very heavily tied to His Dark Materials. The people who grew up reading the books (like me) are now having babies, and as such it it pretty trendy. I think that a lot of parents of a Lyra would be surprised that it is well in the top 200 and rising quickly. I think that it will end up dating like Arya and Luna, because the sounds of the name are very current, in addition to the trend of choosing names of childhood cultural figures.

I know a 4 year old Lyra she's awesome :) I like her name.

Love it. I don't know if it's a 'real name' outside of the books, but even if not she is a strong independent character to be admired.

Love the name, always planned to call a DD of mine Lyra (as I love the Philip Pullman books) ... Then by time I was ready to have a baby realised lots of my peers had the same idea and I know two of them born last year ..

So I agree with pp that it has become a bit of a 'trendy' name that may date like Luna. Which I also love, but I myself have such an 80s name I wanted to pick something less obviously 'of an era'

I read it as Lycra