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Can't decide between Clara and Lydia

76 replies

SweetBabies · 22/08/2021 02:00

Hi!

DM and I are a little bit stuck trying to choose a name for our 3 days old daughter.

One of us likes Clara, and the other one likes Lydia.
Lara is another one that we are considering.

Help, please! Smile

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earthyfire · 24/08/2021 23:33

Lydia, I find Lara harsh

Thisnamewasnttaken123 · 24/08/2021 23:35

I think Clara is dated.
Lara or Lydia both equally nice to me.

lgfh07 · 24/08/2021 23:38

Clara is lovely.

Cbeebiesrehab · 24/08/2021 23:48

Lara followed by Clara…dislike Lydia.

anotherday235 · 26/08/2021 16:52

Love Lydia. It was the name of my Great Aunt and she would get called Lydie.

MrsFin · 26/08/2021 17:12

Clara! But not Lara.

Sara, Cara and Mara are also ok

MrsFin · 26/08/2021 17:12

Or Zara

indecisivewoman81 · 26/08/2021 17:13

I love the name Lydia

tickledtiger · 26/08/2021 18:07

Clara. Nice soft sounding name

BabyRace · 26/08/2021 18:21

I have a Lydia, and considered Zara/Lara for DD.

TheWayTheLightFalls · 26/08/2021 18:24

Cara? Lara?

PlainJane1000 · 26/08/2021 19:53

I prefer Lydia to Clara or Lara but love the suggestion of Cora.
Let us know what you decide!

sueelleker · 26/08/2021 20:06

Lydia always makes me think of the Bennett sister who eloped with Wickham in Pride and Prejudice.

Minibea · 26/08/2021 20:19

I vote Clara. I have one and haven’t come across any others. Lydia was on out shortlist for DS if he’d been a girl so I do like it but now I can’t get seen to get away from the Aunt Lydia and Lydia Bennett connotations

Hm2020 · 26/08/2021 20:22

Clara or Lara for me

Yika · 26/08/2021 20:22

They are all lovely, you can’t go wrong!

iusedtoloveopalfruits1 · 26/08/2021 20:33

everytime i hear the name lydia i hear the words of a teapot after it! soz

Goawayquickly · 26/08/2021 20:34

Lydia- it's an elegant name.

Pallisers · 26/08/2021 20:35

love them both - marginally prefer Lydia

I think Sylvia and Juliet are in the same style.

ActonSquirrel · 26/08/2021 22:35

Clara

Lydia has been spoilt by the abusive Aunt Lydia in the Handmaid's tale

Ellmau · 27/08/2021 08:01

Lydia is much prettier.

Lara is quite nice; or what about Laura?

Mrsjayy · 27/08/2021 08:05

I prefer Lydia. What about Lyra ?

BabyRace · 27/08/2021 09:57

Aunt Lydia in handmaids is a character and never referred to as just Lydia so it doesn't connect for me.

PaolaDiLorenzo · 27/08/2021 10:00

Lara is the nicest one out of all of them.

HeronLanyon · 27/08/2021 10:02

Lydia is one of my all time favourites even in the face of a Lydia I’m not very fond of and no beloved lydia’s in my life.
Clara is also lovely.

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