Lydia & Ingrid

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• Thoughts on Lydia & Ingrid?
• Which one do you prefer?

Love Ingrid

I love Ingrid

Whenever I think of Lydia, I always think of the classic but non PC Groucho Marx song my grandad used to sing to me:

Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia
Lydia the tattooed lady
She has eyes that men adore so
And a torso even more so
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclopedia...

(Lighthearted obv)

Is that Groucho Marx?! I'm only familiar with Kermit the Frog. But I have the exact same thought!

Ha ha

I really love Lydia. I like Ingrid but somehow struggle to see a child with the name. In my mind Ingrid is an elegant, beautifully groomed adult woman!

I was really hoping this was going to be for twins! They go beautifully together.
I think Ingrid has the edge for me but only by a whisker.

Lydia for me,I think it's beautiful.

Ingrid is ok but feels a bit harsh to me, I think it's the 'grid' part.

I love both, I think I slightly prefer Ingrid.

I think Lydia is a beautiful name.

Gorgeous names, were on my list of DS had been DD.

Hard to choose, but I think Ingrid has a slight lead on Lydia. But both beautiful.

I love Ingrid. My German grandmother was named Ingeborg but much prefer to be called Ingrid. It suited her so much - she was such a stylish intelligent lady!

I prefer Lydia over Ingrid, but I hen I hear the name now it always reminds me of Aunt Lydia from the handmaid’s tale.

I like both, slightly prefer Lydia but not keen on Lyds.

I love Ingrid (was on our list for DD) and have never warmed to Lydia, but weirdly I do think they sound great together.

Both really lovely. Slightly prefer Lydia, mainly because I once knew a really lovely Lydia.

Lydia is pretty and feminine.

Ingrid is frumpy and definitely not due a revival imo.

Neither.

I like Lydia

I quite like Ingrid but it’s sort of ugly-pretty like Agnes, so it’s going to be more marmite I guess.

Lydia all the way!

I have never met an Ingrid that liked their name, young or older! In fact, some of the older Ingrids I knew were known as 'Giddy or Ginny' ....

I really should like Lydia but I just can't get past it sounding like a disease.
Love Ingrid.

@Findyourneutralspace Me too! They’d make excellent sisters!

Both Lydia and Ingrid are lovely names.

Lydia.
Linda is more unusual now.
Not a fan of Ingrid.
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I love how Lydia sounds but I’m a major Jane Austen fan and Pride and Prejudice is my favourite ever book and Lydia Bennett just ruins it for me - but I know that’s a very personal thing

Ingrid isn’t my style but I do think it conjures up the image of a very glamorous Scandinavian woman.