Lydia

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Biblical classic or dated and dull?

I think it's beautiful and classic but when I told people I wanted to call my DD Lydia I was told it was dated.

Classic and beautiful.

Lydia, oh Lydia, oh have you met Lydia ?
Lydia the tattooed lady !

And old song.

Love it

Lydia is classic, beautiful and definitely not dated in my opinion. If I'd had children, this would have been on my (not so) shortlist for a girl!

Lovely and classic

I like it. It's been on my list before but didn't make the short list!

Really like it!

Lovely name OP

Beautiful

Ooh I suggested Lydia on another thread!
I know a stunningly beautiful (and jolly nice!) mid 20's Lydia so the positive association is strong.
I love it.

I love it

Beautiful name.

@Eaumyword

Ooh I suggested Lydia on another thread! I know a stunningly beautiful (and jolly nice!) mid 20's Lydia so the positive association is strong. I love it.

Me too - I have a beautiful and nice early 20s Lydia. I have never regretted the choice of name. But she is fed up with Diddles as her nickname and I have been told to stop using it!

Lovely but will get called Lyds

Dated and dull for me - plus the (predictable) ‘teapot’

Very nice name indeed.

Not dated anymore.

Wow! Such great responses, thanks everyone!

What's the teapot thing about? I don't think I get it

We have a 3 year old Lydia 😊 it's not that common which we really like!

Lydia (lid of a) teapot - it’s been around for years, no idea where it originated from though.
I just googled it to see if I could find out and an earlier MN thread appeared with Lydia Chlamydia - which hadn’t occurred to me.

I used to love the name Lydia until DH said it sounds like Chlamydia 😡

@SirChenjins

Dated and dull for me - plus the (predictable) ‘teapot’

I always think 'toilet'.

But actually it's a lovely name.

Lovely - very Jane Austen

Beautiful name.

I love it.

I also know a lovely and delightful Lydia in her 20's

Great name!!