Lyra Antarctica

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Is what Ed Sheeran has called his first child.

I am not a fan of celeb names usually but I really like this. Lyra is unusual but not weird, easy to spell and would suit women of all ages.

Antarctica is indeed a bit unusual but I think you can get away with a more unusual choice for a middle name.

Great choice Ed and Cherry. Kardashians and rappers take note.

Lyra's nice but I have to admit I LOL'ed at Antarctica!

I hadn't seen this in the news. Just saw it in trending and thought it was a cruise company .

It's a great celeb baby name, thumbs up

Lyra went North in His Dark Materials not South. Great book, interesting name but Antarctica just no!

Lyra is pretty. Antarctica is attention seeking nonsense.

Lyra Seaborn would be a great name!

Names referencing the location of conception: naff and embarrassing for the DC.

I love Lyra, hope it doesn't get too popular now as I was considering it for DC2 if we have a girl next time

Lyra is massively increasing in popularity, up to 142nd most popular from zero.

Lyra is dreadful, it looks like lycra and sounds similar to liar.

Lyra is a lovely name. As for Antarctica........

I quite like it.
Now shallowly looking forward to the Hadid-Malik baby name when it arrives .

Lyra lyra pants on fyre 😂 I really don’t like the name Lyra.

It sounds like a cruise liner 😄

I really like Lyra - it's currently ranked 150 in E&W with 342 born in 2019. In 2018 it was 142 in the chart and in 2017 it was 183. So on the up but with a slight dent in popularity recently. I expect it will rise in next year's stats as the TV series was on before Christmas.

I loved the books as a child. It's pronounced Lye-rah in the books, film and new TV series.

Not a fan of Antarctica but at least it's only a middle name. I know lots of people with awful middle names.

I agree with a PP that Lyra Seaborn would have been an excellent name.

Lyra is okay, Seaborn is okay and Sheeran is okay. Shoving a continent in as an extra name is just batshit. I mean why (apart for the 'touching' reference to place of conception) would you Kim be a child with that. It just screams a bit, "we're SO celeb and SO wacky"

Kim be = lumber

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It sounds like a cruise liner 😄

Made me laugh.

Yes, Lyra Seaborn is wonderfully lyrical. The rest, not so much.

I think it’s nice. The name Lyra has maybe got more popular/recognisable in the U.K. because of the reporter murdered in NI last year

Lyra is very pretty, Antarctica is stupid and ruins it for me.

Hermione Pingu She Sells Sea Shells.

It might not help that I think Ed Sheeran is a weasely, sexist nobber.

Hermione Pingu She Sells Sea Shells.

This is so going to be my next username .

I think I’m in the minority here but I don’t like the name Lyra - reminds me too much of liar.
Antarctica is just ridiculous.

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Hermione Pingu She Sells Sea Shells.

This is so going to be my next username .

See you on the other side @HermionePinguSheSellsSeaShells

What amount of money do need in the bank before you stop being able to tell the difference between countries/fruit and genuine child names?

Lyra Antarctica sounds like a cruise company, Lyra Seaborn sound like one of their ships.
I actually quite like it though.