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Heard a lovely girls' name today

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5inthebed · 08/08/2009 21:24

Lydia! Or maybe Lidia?

Such a pretty name don't you think? I'm not pregnant, my baby making days are over, but if I had a girl, this would be on the shortlist of names.

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ScummyMummy · 08/08/2009 21:26

I love the name Lydia. Have a v good and local friend called Lydia or would definitely consider it for girl. One of my favourite friends met via mumsnet has a daughter named Lydia too.

msled · 08/08/2009 21:27

Lydia, oh Lydia, oh have you met Lydia/ Lydia the tatoooooooed lady.....

I like it, but it's not that novel, surely?

RedDeadFail · 08/08/2009 21:30

Fairly run of the mill name really.

Always think of Lydia Bennett (Austen).

jkklpu · 08/08/2009 21:30

most people first hear it in Pride & Prejudice

wheresclaire · 08/08/2009 21:30

I loved Lydia, really wanted it. But everytime I said it, DH said "Lydia Chlamidia". Such maturity.

Doobydoo · 08/08/2009 21:30

My nieces's name

hester · 08/08/2009 21:31

I love the name Lydia. Wish I'd used it for dd.

Ponders · 08/08/2009 21:46

Aw, wheresclaire I had the same problem with Charlotte (a family name I would have loved to use for DD1); when I mentioned it to a friend of DH's he said oh, she'll get Charlotte the harlot - which put me right off it...

5inthebed · 08/08/2009 21:54

I've heard it before, but not for a baby. It makes a change from some of the regular names you hear though doesnt it, considering most of the girls on my estate are called Molly, Ellie and Charlotte (no offence to parent so girls with these names).

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Nancy66 · 09/08/2009 16:14

It is a nice name. Very popular at the moment though.

cheesesarnie · 09/08/2009 16:29

i dont like it but only because it reminds me of school bully

AmazingBouncingFerret · 09/08/2009 16:38

I loved it until one woman who started at work about 2 years ago, started bringing her daughter in and shrieking "Lydiaaaaa Lydiaaaaa" Put me off for life.

FlyMeToDunoon · 09/08/2009 16:48

I like it but I think imediately Lydia teapot

lena522 · 09/08/2009 16:50

Love it, on my shortlist but the only thing putting me off is that it's something to do with the Spanish for 'bullfight', which partly ruined the pretty sound for me! I'm still considering it though

ProfYaffle · 09/08/2009 16:57

I've got an Aunty Liddy so it reminds me of rather scary northern matriarchs!

Wilts · 09/08/2009 17:11

My little sister is called Lydia. Poor girl get called Lid by us lot most the the time though

stleger · 09/08/2009 17:23

I have a Lydia. She once was in a changing room with 2 other Lydias, one in her twenties from Russia, one a toddler who was born in Vietnam but was adopted by a Canadian woman. It is pretty international. (Sad that she'd love to be called Megan Fiona!)

5inthebed · 09/08/2009 17:57

Megan Fiona. My DS1 would love to be called Jack

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naturalblonde · 09/08/2009 18:07

Ooh, my dd2 is Lydia. I think it's lovely too.

stleger · 09/08/2009 18:38

It comes out as Lyfic on her friend's mums predictive text, which is also quite pretty! It was the only name dh and I could agree on.

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