Livia or Vera

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100% Livia

Livia

Vera

Vera

Livia is very pretty.

100% Livia.

Is Vera even a real suggestion? Is the baby going to be born in Coronation Street in the 1960s?

Livia

Vera is beautiful. Pronounced Ver-ah. Like Verity or Veronica.

Livia sounds like livid.

I would read Vera as VEER-ah. I still quite like it as a revival.

I really like Livia ( largely I think because I loved Sian Phillips in I Claudius. Not a nice character but by goodness it was a great role and performance.)
I think the current popularity of Olivia puts me off it a little right now. But not sure if that's relevant as I don't meet a lot of children with any one name nowadays.

I love Livia, but the closeness to the ubiquitous Olivia puts me off a little. I’m not fond of the Veer-a pronunciation, but I know a little Vair-a and think that sounds lovely. Living with an alternative pronunciation might be a pain though. I wouldn’t be surprised if Vera took off in popularity and became the next Mabel. I think it has a lot of potential.

Why would Vera become Veera?

All the Veras I know pronounce it Ver-ah, as it's written. Like Veronica or Verity or Veranda. There's no ee.

I much prefer Vera over Livia.

Olivia is super duper popular atm and a lot of parents miss off the O and yell Livia anyway. I'm unsure how I feel about Vera

Liza?

Vowel sounds are very accent dependant. Living in the UK in the era of mass communication this has been apparent to me from an early age.

..Ponders on the word era..

Livia

Livia

Livia would make me assume Olivia

Vera is growing in me the more I think about it.

Vida? Was on our list for a middle name if we’d had boys.

I absolutely love Livia and would have loved it for my DD but worried it would be misheard as Olivia. Having said that I much prefer to Vera.

Livia makes me think of the character in I Claudius played by Sian Phillips. Totally evil and manipulative character though brilliantly acted.

Livia

Livia is by far the nicer of the two. Vera is awful.

Livia is too similar to Olivia, which is overpopular.

According to Claudius, Livia meant 'malignity'. Google now says it means 'envious' or 'bluish'. Sure about that one?

I think Vera is due a resurgence tbh, and have recently heard of a little girl with that name :) If you like it I would go for that one.

I agree with others that Livia is so similar to Olivia, which is such a popular name.

@Violetlavenders a lot of people in the UK would pronounce Vera as Veer-ah (or maybe more Veer-uh). It's a different sound to the Ve in Veronica or Verity, or at least for me, and the Veras I know!

Someone mentioned Vida, which is gorgeous - IMO nicer than both Livia and Vera.