Lydia or Lara?? Help!!

[lucxxx]

Hi guys, I am in desperate need of help deciding a name for baby girl due end of December! I am down to two names which and they are Lydia or Lara.

Which one do you guys prefer and the least common?

many thanks :) X

I really like Lara 🙂

Good luck hope everything goes well x

Lydia

Not helpful I know, but I like both, so whichever one you pick will be lovely 🥰

Lydia! Lyddie as a nickname. Classic.

Lara or course! I know 2 lovely Lara's. Lydia would be fine if it wasn't for aunt Lydia

How about Lyra?

(But if I was choosing between your two I’d choose Lydia.)

I slightly prefer Lara but why not wait until she's here and pick from the two? She might look more like one than the other? They're both lovely!

Lara is really lovely. Lydia is frumpy and has the horrible 'lid' sound which is harsh.

I like both but I’d go for Lydia

There are so many Lara/Lena/Lola/Lyra/Leah/Luna names - they all blur into one

Sorry to add in another name but what about Libby? It’s softer sounding than Lydia.

Lyra is lovely

My husband always says Lydia dustbin, which kind of out me off. Not too keen on Lara either, I always seem to say it with an Australian accent. I like Libby, Lola, Lyra though.

Both are nice names but I would go for Lara

Definitely Lara, it's beautiful

Lydia

Both pretty.

I prefer Lydia but I once knew a lovely Lara. She was such a lovely person. So I like that one too.

Lara, although I like both.

Thank you all for your responses! It’s such as hard decision. I think I may have to take bravotango’s advice and wait till she is here and see which one she more suits!

thanks again 🥰 Xx

Lydia.
Lara is a bit nothingness imo.

Ive just had i lydia! So im obviously biased

I think both are nice. Being a high-brow intellectual I used to watch TOWIE, and there was a Lydia on that whose name was pronounced li-JAHHHH. Sounded bloody awful. So don't pick Lydia if you're from Essex.

I love Lydia 💗

Lydia for me 😊

Lydia (even though it reminds me of pride and prejudice I prefer it as Lara reminds me of Tomb Raider which I have no love for haha)

lara will also spend most her life correcting people who call her Laura