Help!!!! Girls name - Lydia or Verity?

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Our baby girl is due soon, and we're really stuck on either Verity or Lydia as a name.

Middle name is likely to be Grace or Jane (although I'm not overly keen on Verity Grace - too many virtue names in one name!)

Looking to gauge opinions on which one people like best?

PS, before it comes up, yes I do know there are words that rhyme with these names, and no, I'm not concerned about that :)

I think both names are pretty, but given they are quite unusual, I'm now thinking, is the reason they are unusual because no one likes them?? 😂

Please help!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!

That's an easy choice - Lydia Jane.

I like Lydia.

Lydia. It was my Granny's name and I think it's beautiful.

Verity. It's a pretty name and the V will really stand out. There are SO many Ly... names around at the moment even if she was the only Lydia in her class she will be lost in a sea of Lily, Lylas and Lyras.

They’re both really lovely. Think I’m swaying to Lydia.

Grace though! I think every single baby on MN has the middle name Grace!

Verity is my favourite girl’s name. I don’t like Lydia, it sounds old and sort of ‘lizardy’

Love Verity. Always found Lydia a bit mumsy, although I know two nice Lydia’s. And two nice Verity’s!

I like both, but Lydia just slightly more.

I was at school with a Lydia. Everyone called her “Lydi-whore”. My school was not a nice place though, so that experience may not be replicated. I have never known a Verity, but I think it’s very pretty.

Lydia is so much better

Verity is beautiful 😍

Definitely Lydia, love it. Cute on a child and classy on a young woman. Lydi is a great nickname.

Can't stand Verity, it's one of my hated names. Lol.

I know two Lydias. One was at school with DS so will be 25, the other is a neighbour who I'm guessing is late 30's.
I've only ever heard of one Verity who will be a teenager now and she was definitely not posh or middle class.
I like Lydia Grace as a 1st choice and Verity Jane as a 2nd choice.

I love Verity.

I really like Lydia, not keen on Verity.

Lydia Jane is beautiful. I dislike Verity intensely.

I'm laughing at some of the responses, thanks so much everyone, I think both of them are a bit marmite and you're gonna get some people who really dislike one of them. It's so funny how some names you just think, ugh yuk no 😂 Interesting that Lydia is so popular I actually thought it would be the other way around. Also hadn't thought about the L names similar to Lydia so that's a thought. I am cracking up about Grace as a middle name, my DH is not keen on that so maybe we will rethink ... I think people are right though, it's probably up there with May/Mae and Rose as a middle name. I reckon we could probably come up with something more original!!

Not sure if this will sway you. There's a Verity in my daughter's class. None of them can say it and all call her Berity .... they're 3 so this won't last for ever though.

@Twizbe "Berity" 😂😂😂 brilliant, I mean it wouldn't put me off, it's actually kind of adorable, my DD went to playgroup with an Elodie (which I think is a beautiful name) who she called Eddy for about a year. 3 year olds!! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Lydia is much nicer.

Lydia Jane 100%. Lydia is an under-used classic IMO.

Verity is nice but much more 'of the moment' than Lydia and I think it will date quite a lot. Grace has been a very popular middle name for decades. I think Jane is a lot fresher.

I prefer Lydia.

Verity is a very sharp sound and belongs to a prim and proper 1950s prefect.

I am biased because I have a Lydia.
I would have chosen Verity for her sister had it not been the name of her best friend!
I don't know any younger Lydia's and only know one Verity under the age of 40.
They are both beautiful names.

Verity is much nicer

Lydia definitely.