Hannah/Hanna or Livia as first name - help I'm stuck!

[NordicNoirRocks]

DP and I have narrowed our names down to Livia, nickname Liv, or Hannah, possibly spelt Hanna which would be the spelling in my native country. I really can't make my mind up, I think both names are lovely in their own way. Any comments or suggestions would be much appreciated!

I read that Livia might be mistaken for Olivia, but is that a problem? Would the spelling 'Hanna' seem strange, being in the UK?

For middle names we're considering Rose or Orla Rose.

Both nice names but of the two I prefer Hannah (or Hanna) over Livia because I think 'Han' sounds a lot nicer than 'Liv'.

Would suggest Hannah over Hanna for spelling just because otherwise she may end up correcting people a lot, though that isn't necessarily a big problem.

Is seems Hannah/Hanna is the winner, and I’m chuffed that so many like Hannah Orla Rose, as that’s my preferred name combo, but not DP’s!

Reminds me of Anna Livia from Finnegan's Wake, the personification of the river Liffey. Do you have Irish connections given that you mentioned the name Orla?

Hanna is a beautiful name. Depending on the last name, HOR_ might not be the best combination of initials...

I have a Hanna and she loves the fact she has no H on the end of her name

@KirstenBlest

It sounds clunky...

to you. That's great.

Sounds great TO ME.

Hannah

Livia is gorgeous imo, but yes if you live in the UK it might sometimes get mistaken for Olivia (or even Lydia) since that's much more popular.

Hanna will likely get misspelt, but it (Hannah) is a more popular name here than Livia - thus is a bit more boring to me

Livia is so pretty. She could be Viv or Via as a nickname if you don’t like Liv

Hanna Rose.

Dont like Livia as it really sounds lkle a nn for Olivia

I like Hannah, and there's definitely something special about a palindrome. "Hannah Rose" would be my top choice. PP made a good point about HOR-- initials.

Hannah is a really boring name.

Livia is very pretty. I think most people can grasp it’s not a shortening of Olivia unless they’re super dim?

Hannah

@TatianaBis

Hannah is a really boring name.

Livia is very pretty. I think most people can grasp it’s not a shortening of Olivia unless they’re super dim?

Most people will think Livia is Olivia without the O.

Who's most people? No-one I know.

It's Italian.

I know that and you know that, but my guess is that most people won't.

I don't care what most people think, personally.

You seem to think that most people are super-dim and inferior.

On the contrary that’s why I think most people can cope with Livia.

I don't think anyone has mentioned that Livia was the wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus. She was a very strong character but also rather machiavellian - plotting to make sure her son Tiberius became emperor. At least in modern literary accounts (I Claudius) ... which might not be historically accurate:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livia

[quote cunningplan101]I don't think anyone has mentioned that Livia was the wife of the Roman Emperor Augustus. She was a very strong character but also rather machiavellian - plotting to make sure her son Tiberius became emperor. At least in modern literary accounts (I Claudius) ... which might not be historically accurate:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livia[/quote]
That’s my main association (I clearly read I, Claudius too frequently as a teen). History definitely supports that she was Machiavellian and had many people exiled and/or killed.

Livia is the scheming murdering monster. Absolutely terrifying. They used the same name for Tony Soprano’s scheming (attempted) murdering monster mother too.

I think Livia is a great name. Hanna is OK, but a little plain for me.

I think most people will recognise that Livia is an old Roman name. I prefer it to Hannah personally. I do think some people might assume they're mishearing Olivia but it's popular enough that I don't think that will be everyone.
I prefer the Hanna spelling to Hannah personally (I'm not a fan of palindromes although I do like Anna) but I do think Hannah would be much easier to live with in the UK (but not that Hanna is impossible).

Hannah Orla Rose flows much better to me than Hannah Rose Orla.

Prefer Hannah to Livia.

I’m not dim. Well, I have a Masters degree! But I didn’t know the story of Livia and thought it was a shortening of Olivia.