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!

I have a Verity but she gets Vee, still love her name years later, Lydia was also on the list but dh wasn't as keen.

If popularity is a concern for you, and you are in England and Wales, then you need the Dark Greener site. Lydia was a top fifty name about 25 years ago, and is still moderately popular. Verity has never been a top hundred name.

My DD2 is Verity, and I love it to be honest. We are definitely not public school and not a ballet shoe in sight, she prefers football. It gets shortened to V quite a lot, and also Ettie just evolved for us as a family nn. She's mostly Verity though. Middle names Helena Ruth. Also love Lydia though! I ruled it out in the end because couldn't rid myself of an awful rhyming thing from my era, throwing/having a 'flyd' (dreadful, nobody would know of it today at sure)

(I still love the name.)

Of the two, I prefer Lydia. It's classic and very elegant.

I like them both but if I only had one vote, Verity :)

That being said if you wanted to not choose, I think Lydia Verity flows really well!

Both gorgeous and elegant imo. Lydia is slightly more classic but Verity just pips it for me - I don't usually care about a name meaning as such but Verity's is obvious and lovely to me. The rhyming thing with Lydia does perhaps also put me off very slightly as kids can find sex related things funny - where as I never would have even thought of "Ferrety" as an insult by kids (I've heard "Rat, Dog" etc as an insult but comparisons to Ferrets? )

Oh and both Lydia Jane and Verity Jane are lovely - she could be Lydie, LJ ; Vee or VJ. Grace is has become very "token middle name" now unfortunately.

Lydia is a beautiful name. Verity is not.

don't like Lydia verity is beautiful

Lydia

You've picked two names from the same ballpark like me suggesting Herbert and Borris. People will sway to one but no offence it doesn't mean they particularly like it. If you're really stuck on choosing one maybe they're not right. I've known three Lydias believe it or not and all three were very judgmental negative types and I rarely say that! It's an odd name to me now. Verity sounds pretty but Grace is absolutely lovely - I can imagine someone down to earth, pretty and fun with that name and I've known two who are exactly like that!

Lydia, the only Verity I know is a posh snob 😂 sorry but she’s ruined the name for me. Lydia is lovely

I love Verity Jane, it is absolutely beautiful! 🥰

Both names are really lovely but Lydia makes me think of the annoying and silly Lydia from Pride and Prejudice and Aunt Lydia from The Handmaid's Tail so I would go for Verity. Verity Marie?

I love them both. Two of my favourite girls names! Unhelpful fence-sitter here!

Lydia

Lydia

I know a 7 year old Lydia and two late 30s Veritys. Have never come across anyone else with those names so I think they both benefit from being well known, and easy to pronounce and spell, but not overly used. One of the Veritys is often referred to as Vee by her family. Lydia is sometimes called Lyd.

I prefer Lydia

Lydia Jane, or Lydia Verity.

Verity Jane. Gorgeous.

I’ve never really liked Lydia and for some reason when I hear it, even though it’s not the same sound it always reminds me of labia.

Prefer Verity. Deffo.

Lydia makes me think chlamydia.
Also I can imagine people shortening it to lyd.

Lydia Grace is a beautiful name. Very classy without being pretentious. Verity is a nice name but I feel it is slightly over-used. You could always do Lydia Verity Grace . Also lovely.

Both beautiful. Both go with Jane. Grace has really had her moment. I also love Vera, underused classic.

Lydia