Right- I give up. How about Lyra?

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Completely stuck. Pregmamt with DC4 and for the life of me cannot come up with a pretty girl's name we all like!!

Now DH is suggesting Lyra, and I go back and forth- sometimes I think I really like it, then I think it's either pretentious or too close to Lycra- disaster...

Thoughts,anyone?
Does anyone actually know a Lyra- apart from the one in the golden compass, obv. Does she get called Spandex a lot?

Lyra is lovely - as is Larissa.

I think Lyra from the Pullman books is a great character to name a little girl after. Really nice name and I never made the Lycra connection.

Fraid I also thought of Lycra. And agree that it does have a certain 'dark' side to it - the evil queen Lyra and all that. Like Lydia and Lara.

What evil queen Lyra?

I love it. Am rofling a bit at some of the alternative suggestions. Laragh looks and sounds like someone hawking up a bogey.

Didn't think of lycra but do think it sounds very similar to 'liar'. Also thought of Pullman novels so I do recognise it as a name but liar still pops into my head .......

I really like it as a girl's name becasue of the character really, I'd definitely consider it.

I have a Lyra so I love it obv. I wanted something with girlpower and I loved the Pullman books, can't get much more girlpower than 2nd coming of Eve.
Never heard a Lycra comment or even thought of it in 7yrs!

i really like it. I think the character is feisty and tough, and that's good to aspire to, but it also sounds feminine, without being twee like lots of girls names nowadays.

i do also like

Lydia
Leah
Lara

Whoops should warn PHILIP PULLMAN SPOILER ALERT!!!

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I love it! But then I've just finished reading His Dark Materials

love it - the dd I'll never have would have been called Lyra, it was our choice for all 3 ds's

Just seen all the responses - thanx so much!
Think we might go for it - tho I also like Leah, now..

never heard of it until there was one in ds's class. I think it's a lovely name.

I like Lyra and the character from the Phillip Pulklman books is a good girls role model, strong, independent and clever. Not a bad person to be named after.

I think it is pretty

JenEm: Not to mention an expert liar!

I like how it sounds but it DOES look like Lycra, alas.

Pullman came up with the name because it sounds like liar.

I like it but how about;

Lois
Lydia
Lara

or from my shortlist for DC3 who was a boy so didn't get to use them...

Anna
Una
Verity
Helen/Helena
Penelope/nn Penny

The way I am pronouncing it makes me think of 'liar'. I think she would get a tough time in the playground because of that.

I LOVE Lyra. Really nice. Pretty yet strong.

I think it's an excellent choice.

Lydia's one of my most hated girls names. It's not that similar to Lyra in pronunciation.