Revisiting MN's for Zelda

We’re down to 2 weeks until our daughter arrives and we have so far decided on [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] for [name_m]Milo[/name_m] and [name_f]Viola[/name_f]'s sister and although I still love my original idea of [name_f]Clementine[/name_f], for me it’s more important to honor my mother. It’s something I’ve put a lot into, seeing as [name_f]Viola[/name_f]'s middle names are after my grandma.

My mother’s name was [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], a name that my husband doesn’t like at all, for some reason, and so I would really appreciate your help in trying to find variants or similar names to maybe replace it.

I have been thinking of adding a second middle name, even though my husband thinks it’s unnecessary, but it’s just how much I want to carry on my mom’s memory in my child’s name.

Some ideas I’ve been tossing around: [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] [name_f]Hazel[/name_f], [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f].

*[name_f]Hazel[/name_f] and [name_f]Rose[/name_f]/[name_f]Rosa[/name_f] were the only names other than [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] that we were able to agree on.

I like [name_f]Lydie[/name_f]/[name_f]Liddie[/name_f] with [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] because I don’t really care for the sound of the double a endings, but I like the repetition of the d.

[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Lydie[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] (beautiful!)
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Liddie[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]

It may seem a bit weird, but what about [name_f]Helen[/name_f] or [name_f]Lena[/name_f]? When I think [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] I think [name_f]Lydia[/name_f], Greece, and [name_f]Helen[/name_f] and [name_f]Lena[/name_f] were both from [name_m]Troy[/name_m], in [name_f]Lydia[/name_f].

[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] is lovely.

I do like [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] a lot. [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] has a nice flow to it also.

Suggestions:

[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] - not a variant, but it does share the same beginning and end as [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Claudia[/name_f] - similar -dia ending
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Lydie[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Lidia[/name_f] - different spelling?
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Leda[/name_f] - though if using this, a buffer name might be advisable since [name_f]Zelda[/name_f] + [name_f]Leda[/name_f] are very similar
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Elodie[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Lyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]

This is a tough one! There aren’t many actual variations on [name_f]Lydia[/name_f] so the best I can do is give somewhat similar, unrelated names