Lydia, Aurora or Bella?

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Lydia was our original name (that I liked and convinced DH of)but I went off it, but have gone back to it a little now ..

then we decided together on Aurora and I made the stupid mistake of telling my mum who did the 'oh...ermmm... thats nice' thing

We were planning on calling her Rorie most of the time, not Aurora constantly.

And I love Bella. But DH needs convincing!

Out of the 3 what would you say?

Lydia. I have one . But all 3 names are nice.

Aurelia or Eleanor are similar(ish). Ahh these would have been our choices for a girl... My mother would have had a fit! I like Lydia, especially the Italian pronunciation (Lee-deeah).

Not Aurora.

Aurora is a bit too "try hard" I think. Bella and Lydia are both lovely, although I think Lydia is getting increasingly popular, if that bothers you. I wanted dd to be Bella - but she was having none of it, once old enough to articulate her preferences!

Lydia

i love Aurelia, and it was a contender for dd, as was Lydia, but neither go well with our surname

Aurora is pretty, but too Disney, and i'm not sure about Bella....

Go with Lydia

Lydia is a lovely name. A girl in my class at school was called Lydia, she was always smiling and had a really lovely nature and the mere mention of that name still reminds me of her.

Aurora, on the other hand, reminds me of the film Wayne's World - sorry, but you asked

I love Rorie but not keen on Aurora, I like Lydia, Bella reminds me of tweenies, the cat on fireman sam and pasta

BTW I think it's often a good idea to have a shortlist of names and when they're born you just know which one fits IYKWIM

Aurora - horrible (sorry to any out there), Rorie - people will think she is a boy.

Lydia lovely

Bella will assumed to be shortened from Isobella/Isabella etc.

Bella Emberg anyone?

GO WITH LYDIA

Bella Bella Bella! Is such a wonderful name. I reeeeallly wanted it for DD but was outvoted cos it didn't sound great with surname.

But - handy tip - don't tell people the names you love until baby has it. Otherwise they are free with their criticisms and you will not feel able to use. I just said to people in end that I was keeping it a secret.

Bella is a name in it's own right too. Italian or something meaning beautiful.

I love either Aurora or Bella.

I have a shortened Bella myself so I am biased.

Lydia !!!

Lydia or Bella.

I liked both Aurora and Aurelia whilst pregnant and I really dislike them now.

Lydia. No contest. Bella is a tweenie and Aurora is a floaty trustafarian.

Like Bella (actually, I love Stella, but it doesn't go with our surname), Lydia and Aurelia, not keen on Aurora.

I like all of them, but Bella is my fave.

Lydia is lovely but the two girls at our school named that were always taunted with the ryhming name "Chlamydia"

Lydia and Bella equally

I love Lydia. It's not that popular, it's pretty without being frilly, and it's elegant without being pretentious. I really love it.

Aurora with Rorie for short is horrible. Sorry. Aurelia is a bit softer.

Bella is pretty. I'd use it as a nn for Annabella. Or Gabriella.

Lydia is lovely - really really nice
Aurora - pretentious, don't like it sorry
Bella - ok but nice if its short for Arabella, Isabella etc

Guess which I'd choose (and which is on my list!)

Bella = Tweenies, sorry

Lydia...ok i guess but for some reason i don't like it

Aurora - Storm's name in X-Men (i love X-Men so this isn't a bad thing IMO), and I love Rorie as a shortening, purely because it conjures up a little girl in dungarees and wellies, making mud pies in the garden - and what a beautiful full name for her to blossom into!

(ok actually that was a bit sickly and twee, but I DON'T CARE!)

I vote for Lydia. It's gorgeous, classy, grown up and pretty at the same time. Aurora sounds like it's trying to hard and Rorie/Rory is a boys' name, I'm afraid. Bella is all right but I can't see why you wouldn't choose Isabella or Arabella and give her more options.

Bella or Belle