Lydia

[GreyGoose1980]

What do people think of the name Lydia? Thanks

I adore the name and wanted it for my DC but DH really didn’t like it

Beautiful and reasonably underused classic imo with Biblical and literary links. Personally prefer similar Julia and Claudia but Lydia is lovely too.

Mia rhymes with gonorrhea but that doesn't seem to have harmed the bazillions of Mias running around!

Lydia is lovely.

Worked with a girl called Lydia and she was called Chlamydia behind her back by some of our not so nice colleagues.

I know a newborn Lydia and a few who are in their 30s. It's growing on me.

I really like the name Lydia, it's on my list, I think it's simple, classic, not overused, not hard to spell although am sure people will find a way to misspell it, like everything. However, I don't like Lyd or Lydie for shortenings so that puts me off but you are happy with Lydie so then I can't see any downsides. I think the chlamydia thing will be shortlived and associated only with the really shitty kids or colleagues as pp mentioned, I don't think over the lifespan of a human this should be a reason to not use a name.

Nice. Becoming quite popular at the moment.

I have a 4 year old Lydia. I love the name! (On an aside I wish I’d called her Lydia Louise rather than the middle names I did give her).

Beautiful name, it was one that I liked when I was pregnant as we found it in DH's family tree, however I didn't think it went with our surname so we didn't keep it on our list. I do love it though, so pretty.

I love it.
I remember 'Love for Lydia' in the late 1970's with Mel Martin. Happy days...

I went to school wothba girl called Lydia never occurred to us it rhymes with chlamydia! We used to call her Lid or Lids but she didn't mind that .
Go for it!

I like it, it's been on my list before but not the top choice. It's a good name.

I have a Lydia she's beautiful and I adore her name.

Love it

I don't like it and I don't know why. I think it's the way the Ly sounds/ feels in my mouth (I know that makes no sense!!). But is a fine name, just not my style.
People saying about chlamydia, I wouldn't let that put you off. There was one in my year at school I never once heard her called that or likened it to that myself!

[quote TataMamma]@Skeumorph...but Lydie is fine as a short form?[/quote]
Hah well I should have said... the one we knew was known as Liddy (assume that's what you mean by Lydie, though spelled like that I see Lie-Dee) - but when her mum introduced her as Liddy/Lydie, people would mishear as Libby! Which mum didn't like at all! So unfortunately she just morphed into Lid, though now she uses Lolly too - so, short forms just evolve I guess.

Still not keen on Lydia alas.

It's nice but I prefer Lydie

I love the name Lydia.

@frasersmummy

So long as you are not planning a move to the west of Scotland its lovely

Up here she would get called lydia kettle (say it in a Glasgow accent if you don't understand)

I live in the west of Scotland and would never have thought of that.

My Lydia gets Lulu Lydie LoobyLu all sorts.

@Skeumorph

No, sorry! Pride and Prejudice probably biased me but it sounds a sly and sneaky kind of name. Also dislike that it has so many syllables for a fairly short name - it's jerky.

Plus no good short form. 'Lid' isn't great!

I know a real life Lydia who fits this description (and worse!)

Also don’t like Lyd or Lyds which the one I know gets called

I think it's a very dowdy, frumpy name and I dislike the harsh 'lid' sound in it.

My absolute favourite name.
I wanted it for our dd, but husband said it was too posh and too thin

Poor Lydia Bennet. She was 15, bored, and horny that meant she made some unwise choices when faced with a flirty rogue in regimentals.

I like the name.

My niece is Lydie. I love it.