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Help me pick out of these 4 names!

115 replies

youcanprance · 17/06/2021 21:10

Vivienne
Selena
Lydia
Alice

Thank you. I really can’t decide! Smile

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moovinon · 17/06/2021 22:29

Vivienne!

Bumzoo · 17/06/2021 22:32

Vivienne. I hate Lydia. I love ViVi

Bimblybomeyelash · 17/06/2021 22:33

All nice names. I’ve always liked Lydia (totally agree that it ‘reads’ great!) and I like Celina (that spelling looks nicer IMO).

I also like, and think are similarish :

Sylvie
Saskia

DarkDarkNight · 17/06/2021 22:35

I like Lydia. Also prefer Serena to Selina.

HereLiveIAmNotACat · 17/06/2021 22:36

Lydia (biased) all beautiful names though!

DoAsYouWouldBeMumBy · 17/06/2021 22:57

I think they are all really lovely names. Sorry for your loss, and congrats on this baby Thanks
I think Lydia and Selena work better with your surname.
I wonder how your DD will feel when she's older about her name being chosen because of loss, but Vivienne is a beautiful name.

HopingForOurRainbowBaby · 18/06/2021 00:36

Vivienne

Habbyhadno · 18/06/2021 00:51

Alice!

Happenchance · 18/06/2021 00:55

Vivienne

I didn't like Lydia but then someone on MN put Lydia Chlamydia in my brain and now I like it even less Confused.

alexdgr8 · 18/06/2021 00:56

Vivienne
but the others are good too.
vivian is usually a man's name, like viv stanshall, but vivien looks female.

alexdgr8 · 18/06/2021 00:59

@SleepingStandingUp

But still don't call her Vivienne 🤣
why not ? what's wrong with it ? i think it sounds quite classy, and rather unusual, distinguished.
FreddieLounds · 18/06/2021 01:16

All four names are lovely. I’d put them in this order:

Selena
Lydia
Vivien(ne)
Alice.

mathanxiety · 18/06/2021 01:18

Alice, by a long shot.

Maybe Alice Vivienne?

DeedledeDee · 18/06/2021 02:08

Serena
Vivienne
Lydia
Alice

Janey4321 · 18/06/2021 02:09

Vivienne is a beautiful, unusual name

SleepingStandingUp · 18/06/2021 09:55

@alexdgr8 I apologised for being harsh about it when it had such an important meaning but I still think it's awful. Association I guess. The kid of the annoying woman off Dance Moms. Scowling old woman. I can also imagine a glamorous red head with long wavy hair to fit your classy but she doesn't have an accent local to me that would end Vivienne in an "in" sound.

And tbf I have three boys named names lots on here would hate so its v much personal choice

Havanalily1806 · 18/06/2021 10:00

I like Vivienne, also like Alice but all I instantly think of when I hear it is that song “Alice, Alice, who the f is Alice” it’s a shame because it’s a lovely name

DinosaurDiana · 18/06/2021 10:01

Lydia.

ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba · 18/06/2021 10:03

Vivienne or Selena

Lydia Chlamydia and "who the fuck is Alice?" are too strong associations for me

SquigglePigs · 18/06/2021 10:10

Sorry to hear about your first two DDs. Hope all goes smoothly with this little one.

I love Lydia and Selena is a very close second for me. I'm sorry but I don't like Vivienne at all.

Goodbyecustardtart · 18/06/2021 10:10

Alice. Lovely.

Sprig1 · 18/06/2021 10:10

Alice.

user1493494961 · 18/06/2021 10:13

Prefer Alice but would choose Lydia to go with Athena.

HannaHat · 18/06/2021 10:15

Vivienne

reprehensibleme · 18/06/2021 10:21

Vivienne then Lydia. Vivienne has some good nickname variants - Viv, Vivvi, Yenny.

Alice is very popular and I find Serena a bit 'missy'.