Thoughts on Lydia?

I love [name]Lydia[/name], but I wanted to know if there were other names that you all thought were better (I should take that with a grain of salt, I imagine…)? So, what are your thoughts on this name? What sort of person do you imagine, in terms of anything (looks, personality, occupation, etc.)? What sort of sibling names do you like?

Thanks. I’m just curious… :slight_smile:

I love [name]Lydia[/name]! It’s so under-used.

I imagine her as being strong and bold, but also sweet and a little meek at times. She’s a leader in the workforce. Sometimes I imagine her as a blonde, but I think it would be adorable on a girl with chocolate brown hair.

[name]Natalie[/name], [name]Kara[/name], and [name]Molly[/name] would be cute for her sisters. For brothers - [name]Nathan[/name], [name]Daniel[/name], or [name]Owen[/name].

I love [name]Lydia[/name].

I absolutely love [name]Lydia[/name]! It’s familiar, but not common or boring, and just overall has a nice feel. I would imagine a [name]Lydia[/name] to be blonde, slightly shy, with a good sense of humor. Siblings could be [name]Serena[/name], [name]Caroline[/name], [name]Isabelle[/name], [name]Charlotte[/name], [name]Beatrice[/name]…

Thanks, girls! That is my vision of [name]Lydia[/name], too - not popular, but not unfamiliar. I actually only know one [name]Lydia[/name].

I love [name]Charlotte[/name] and [name]Caroline[/name], too.

I SO love the name [name]Lydia[/name], [name]Lemon[/name]! :slight_smile:

Good luck!

Okay, I’m glad that you all love the name [name]Lydia[/name] as much as I do! What names do you think are nice to go with it, boy and girl? As I said before, I do like [name]Charlotte[/name] and [name]Caroline[/name] - can’t use them both, though, as they are both variants of [name]Charles[/name]! I am talking both sibling and middle names…

Again, just thinking - not having a baby yet.

Middles:

[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Margaret[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Amelie[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Phoebe[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Ivy[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Jessamine[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Iris[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]

Siblings:

[name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Rosemary[/name]
[name]Eva[/name]
[name]Eloise[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Adele[/name]
[name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Claire[/name]
[name]Miriam[/name]
[name]Cecilia[/name]
[name]Sylvie[/name]

[name]Matthias[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Finn[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Caspar[/name]
[name]David[/name]
[name]Asher[/name]

With [name]Lydia[/name] I picture (I’ll include a few middles):

[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Jane[/name] (my favorite [name]Lydia[/name] combo, even though [name]Lydia[/name] and [name]Jane[/name] are sisters in Pride and Prejudice)
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Violet[/name]

[name]Annabelle[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Annabelle[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Annabelle[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Annabelle[/name] [name]Violet[/name]

[name]Caroline[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Caroline[/name] [name]Maeve[/name]

[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Eliza[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Mirabelle[/name]
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name]

[name]Eliza[/name] ([name]Elizabeth[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name] are sisters in Pride and Prejudice, which may or may not bother you)

[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Beatrix[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Frances[/name]
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Jane[/name]

[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Frances[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Charlotte[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Jane[/name]
[name]Eleanor[/name] [name]Violet[/name]

[name]Genevieve[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Genevieve[/name] [name]Mirielle[/name] (meer-AY)
[name]Genevieve[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]

[name]Georgia[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Georgia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name]

[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Kate[/name]
[name]Josephine[/name] [name]Ruby[/name]

[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Hope[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Katherine[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Pearl[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Rosalind[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Rosalie[/name]
[name]Juliet[/name] [name]Simone[/name]

[name]Katherine[/name] ([name]Catherine[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name] are sisters in P&P…)

[name]Katherine[/name] [name]Claire[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Katherine[/name] [name]Maeve[/name]

[name]Margaret[/name] [name]Jane[/name]

[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Miranda[/name] [name]Violet[/name]

[name]Nora[/name] [name]Clementine[/name]
[name]Nora[/name] [name]Genevieve[/name]
[name]Nora[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Nora[/name] [name]Katherine[/name]

[name]Rose[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Juliet[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Miranda[/name]
[name]Rose[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]

[name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Rosalie[/name] [name]Kate[/name]

[name]Susannah[/name] [name]Blythe[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name] [name]Caroline[/name]
[name]Susannah[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]

[name]Tess[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Tess[/name] [name]Elizabeth[/name]
[name]Tess[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]

[name]Violet[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Violet[/name] [name]Josephine[/name]
[name]Violet[/name] [name]Mirabelle[/name]
[name]Violet[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]

[name]Charles[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Everett[/name]

[name]Edward[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Edward[/name] [name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]Edward[/name] [name]Miles[/name]

[name]Henry[/name] [name]Charles[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Miles[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Samuel[/name]

[name]Miles[/name] [name]Benjamin[/name]

[name]Oliver[/name] [name]Charles[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name] [name]James[/name]

[name]Peter[/name] [name]Augustin[/name]
[name]Peter[/name] [name]Elias[/name]
[name]Peter[/name] [name]Sebastian[/name] ([name]Susan[/name]'s son’s amazing name) :slight_smile:

[name]Simon[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]

[name]Theodore[/name] [name]Charles[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] [name]James[/name]
[name]Theodore[/name] [name]Miles[/name]

(I’m sorry I got a bit lazy with the middles, but I’m getting tired.)
:slight_smile:

Take care!

[name]Lydia[/name] is my absolute favorite name! My DH doesn’t like it so I wont be using it myself. I’d love to meet a little [name]Lydia[/name] one day.

I love [name]Lydia[/name] and [name]Evelyn[/name] together.

Other siblings I can see with [name]Lydia[/name], sorry for repeats -

[name]Audrey[/name]
[name]Audra[/name]
[name]Alice[/name]
[name]Bridget[/name]
[name]Cora[/name]
[name]Evangeline[/name]
[name]Emery[/name]
[name]Flora[/name]
[name]Gwyneth[/name]
[name]Iris[/name]
[name]Ione[/name] - I think this name would be great with [name]Lydia[/name].
[name]Juliana[/name]
[name]Julianne[/name]
[name]Kira[/name]/[name]Keira[/name]/[name]Kyra[/name]
[name]Kate[/name]
[name]Leonie[/name]
[name]Marie[/name]
[name]Natalie[/name]/[name]Natalia[/name]
[name]Paulina[/name]
[name]Ramona[/name]
[name]Sidonie[/name]/[name]Sidony[/name]
[name]Teagan[/name]
[name]Veronica[/name] - I also love this one with [name]Lydia[/name].
[name]Vivian[/name] - ditto

Boys -
[name]Audric[/name]/[name]Aldrich[/name]
[name]Bennett[/name]
[name]Charles[/name] - nn [name]Charlie[/name] - love this with [name]Lydia[/name].
[name]Camden[/name]
[name]Donovan[/name]
[name]Ezra[/name]
[name]Gabriel[/name]
[name]James[/name]
[name]Julian[/name]
[name]Noel[/name]
[name]Oliver[/name] - love this too.
[name]Preston[/name]
[name]Quinn[/name]
[name]Sebastian[/name]
[name]Truman[/name]
[name]Vaughn[/name]
[name]William[/name]

Those are some beautiful combos [name]Jill[/name]!

Thanks, SMurphy! :slight_smile:

You ladies are just great!

Combinations that I like with [name]Lydia[/name]:
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Caroline[/name] - I have actually thought of this one and love it!
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Rosalind[/name] - Interesting and different; I also like [name]Rosaleen[/name].
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Josephine[/name] - Couldn’t use [name]Josephine[/name] as a first name, MN is cute!
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Jane[/name] - This is simple and elegant. [name]Jill[/name], I love P&P!
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Violet[/name] - [name]Violet[/name] is a bit frilly in my opinion, but cute!
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Beatrice[/name] - I’m so/so on this one…

Sibling Names I Like (Girls):
[name]Juliet[/name] - I like literary names, and this one is feminine and pretty.
[name]Eloise[/name] - This may be a better MN, as it is similar to mine, [name]Elyse[/name].
[name]Claire[/name] - It seems rather plain to me, but I like it, maybe a MN.
[name]Caroline[/name] - Like it a lot, and it is a P&P name! [name]Caroline[/name] Bingley.
[name]Charlotte[/name] [name]Eliza[/name] - Beautiful combination, one of my favorite names!
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Frances[/name] - I surprised myself in liking [name]Frances[/name]…
[name]Eliza[/name] [name]Jane[/name] - Again, classic simplicity and elegance.
[name]Genevieve[/name] - Pretty, but I like other more.
[name]Violet[/name] [name]Catherine[/name] - Cute, but [name]Violet[/name] is getting trendy.
[name]Audrey[/name] - I am so/so on this one…

Sibling Names I Like (Boys):
[name]James[/name] - A huge family name for me, but I love it!
[name]Charles[/name] [name]Everett[/name] - Surprised at [name]Everett[/name], but I like it…
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Charles[/name] - I love the name [name]Henry[/name] so much!
[name]Theodore[/name] [name]James[/name] - I love [name]Theodore[/name], but like [name]Henry[/name] [name]Theodore[/name], too.
[name]Bennett[/name] - [name]Love[/name] the P&P connection, but my brother is [name]Benjamin[/name]…
[name]Gabriel[/name] - I am so/so on this one, but it is very handsome.

Thanks, girls!