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!

Both lovely names....agree wouldn't want verity grace, but Jane not a favourite ...

Much prefer Lydia
Really don't like Verity
Both Grace and Jane are very dull middle names, if neither have any family or sentimental attachment I would rather pick something more interesting/beautiful. Or Lydia Verity sounds fine.

Thanks so much to everyone who commented 😀😘its really been interesting getting some viewpoints as I don't want to discuss it with friends and family before the birth. They will try to be polite but I'd know if they hated it, once baby is born they won't care I'm sure. Still not 100% decided but definitely have to rethink Grace based on this though 😂 so I'm glad I posted!!

I love Verity if I'd had a daughter thats what I'd have named her

Verity

Oh I love Grace!

They are both beautiful. At a push I would pick Verity!

Lydia, , more of a classic. But Verity is perfectly nice. Thanks

They're both lovely names, but I do prefer Verity. I agree about not using Grace, if it's the only middle name, as that would be too many virtue names.

I like both but Lydia is more like Aunt Lydia to me - from Gilead

I love both names but Verity has the edge for me. Lydia, Miriam and Verity would be the names I'd give to my imaginary triplets...

As for middle names, I prefer Jane, Kate, Ruth, Alice, Susan or other short names to Grace.

Verity by a mile.

Lydia is beautiful. Verity is okay.

Grace is so overused now (think Mae/Rose!) I like Jane though.

I prefer verity, such a beautiful name. Verity Jane is lovely.

Lydia it's a fantastic name, I think both Grace or Jane could go with it, it really depends on the last name so write both out and say it a few times to see which one feels better.

Verity is a tad snobby in the wrong way.

I love Lydia. I know 2. Lydia Valentina and Lydia Victoria.

Verity is nice too but I prefer Lydia.

I love this song too . If I had had a girl I would've chosen Lydia

Weirdly this is the debate I was having when my daughter was due 3.5 years ago. I love both names but ended up going for Lydia as my husband wasn’t a fan of Verity. It fits my daughter perfectly and we very rarely come across any others. I would love a sibling to be called Verity or maybe Felicity. I picked Lydia as I didn’t want any nicknames although mother in law still calls her Liddy which annoys me.
With regards middle name I agree Jane or Grace sound a bit dull, we went for Sapphire (not brave enough to have it as a first name!).
Oh and having a toddler, it’s a name I’ll happily shout across a play area when necessary!

Lydia Hawksworth Keeping Up Appearances.

Definitely Verity

Agree re Grace middle name. We have a Verity Helena Ruth, I think Ruth works if you want one syllable is nice I think

Lydia is much nicer than Verity, which always reminds me of ferrets.

I like both but I think I slightly prefer Verity.

I went to school with a Lydia and a Verity, we're all 43 now. Both lovely girls and lovely names. Very unusual, don't think I've come across another of either since school.

Lydia always reminds me of Beetlejuice (not a bad thing, one of my favourite films), I prefer Verity though (might be slightly because of my love of Colleen Hoovers novel of the same name).