Francesca or Lydia

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Had fully decided on Francesca at 20 weeks now nearly 30 weeks and I am going off it for reasons I can't put my finger on!

DH suggested out of the blue Lydia and I really like it too and now I am confused.

Middle name for both would be Wren.

Last name is one syllable and rhymes with Sneeze so not much goes with it anyway.

Also any suggested NN for Lydia would be great!

I like both Francesca and Lydia. I wouldn’t try to force a NN on Lydia. Best to avoid.

No I thought it would be a tricky one, I like NN for longer names probably because my own can't be shortened!

Not the biggest issue in the world I know!

Both names are nice only Lydia I know does get called Lyd though x

Both are lovely names.

Both are very nice names.

For nicknames, I have known three Lydias.

One was Lyddie as a little girl and then Lyd when she was a teen.

One was nicknamed Lily by her little brother and it stuck, although her little sister called her Didi or sometimes Deedee .

One was nicknamed Cricket - no idea where that came from! Sometimes nicknames just happen.

I suppose you could use Lia for Lydia, if you really have to.

Francesca. I'm sorry but I always think 'Lydia rhymes with chlamydia'

There is no point in using a name you're going off, however, in answer to your question, I LOVE Francesca. Lydia just rhymes with a certain sti for me sorry. That is my immature brain though lol

I love both but sadly I can't get past what Lydia rhymes with. It could lead to teasing when she gets to secondary school, which is a shame because it's a lovely name.

Francesca is probably my favourite out of the two anyway.

Both names are lovely. A Lydia I know liked to be called Lyddie until she started school then preferred Lydia.

Lydia. I desperately wanted it, but DH couldn’t get over the whole Lydia Chlamydia thing

I really love Lydia Wren, so pretty.

I don't like Francesca at all, mainly because I dislike all the diminutives.

I have a Francesca so that gets my vote. We expected her name to be shortened to Frankie but it hasn't been, it wouldn't suit her. She has other nicknames instead.

Lydia. Watch out for Lyds. Lydie is sweet.

Francesca by a mile.

Lydia

Defo Francesca so pretty

Lydia is such a lovely name.

My dad used to sing us a song which I now sing to my kids that goes "Lydia, O Lydia, the encyclo-pidia , Lydia the tatooed lady...her back has the battle of waterloo, her neck has the wreck of the Hesperus too, and over it all waves the red white and blue! You can learn a lot from Lydia!"

I have a Lydia- and sometimes (I don’t know why!!) I end up calling her Lids (and I hate that).
So I’d obviously pick Lydia.

I like both.

I’m still annoyed that DH vetoed Lydia several years on.

Love both names!!!! Why not use both?

I love Lydia Wren but they are both lovely names
Maybe wait until she is born?

Lydia, definitely. I prefer Frances to Francesca.