[Opinions] Lydia?
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Lydia is gorgeous! It goes great with Jasper. :)
I don't know if you want middle name suggestions, but here's a few:
Lydia Charlotte (This is on my own list)
Lydia Joy
Lydia June
Lydia Grace
Lydia Claire
Lydia Estelle
Lydia Madeline
Lydia Katherine
Lydia Vivian
Lydia Marie
Lydia Hope
Lydia Scarlett
Lydia Juliette
Lydia Danielle
I don't know if you want middle name suggestions, but here's a few:
Lydia Charlotte (This is on my own list)
Lydia Joy
Lydia June
Lydia Grace
Lydia Claire
Lydia Estelle
Lydia Madeline
Lydia Katherine
Lydia Vivian
Lydia Marie
Lydia Hope
Lydia Scarlett
Lydia Juliette
Lydia Danielle
i like Lydia Claire -
Sure! We'd love suggestions!
Lydia is wonderful. Please use it.
Anna = OK but boring.
Eleanor = Tolerable but has a snooty vibe.
Anna = OK but boring.
Eleanor = Tolerable but has a snooty vibe.
I prefer Anna. Both as a name in general and as a sister to Jasper.
Lydia would be my last pick if I am honest, I know quite a few and while one is a very cute little girl, the others that I know are all in-you-face, loud and a handful. I know for some Lydia is a old classic but where I am it's quite popular and so I've never seen it that way.
Lydia would be my last pick if I am honest, I know quite a few and while one is a very cute little girl, the others that I know are all in-you-face, loud and a handful. I know for some Lydia is a old classic but where I am it's quite popular and so I've never seen it that way.
Hah, I like all of those names together so clearly you should have 3 daughters. :P
Warning: explanations of my opinions may make no sense
Jasper & Lydia: Elegant, beautiful, graceful, mature. These names together make me think of cool colors, water, gemstones, shiny cool metal, etc. I think Lydia fits the tone of Jasper best out of these, but they all fit with Jasper very well.
Jasper & Eleanor: Elegant, old-sounding, wise. Eleanor adds in a sepia-tone photograph quality. Still very regal. Lydia is regal too, but Eleanor is even more so. Nickname-wise, Elen / Ellen would work. Ellie would be too 'cute' and kind of lose the entire point of Eleanor. Nora is okay, but a little too humble and earthy for Jasper in my opinion.
Jasper & Anna: Pretty, graceful in a subtle way, sounds younger than the other possible sets. Not as cool, but also less "misplaced" in a modern time. (I don't mean misplaced in a bad way, btw. I like many names that sound more suited to a past time. All of these names are suited to this time period, but Anna is more timeless/current and therefore has less oldness to it.)
If it were Jasper with 3 sisters, Lydia and Eleanor could go in any order but Anna would have to be the youngest. Anna is one of those "young" names to me. I wouldn't really want to name a kid Anna unless I knew I wasn't having any more kids, because it just screams "youngest" to me.
Warning: explanations of my opinions may make no sense
Jasper & Lydia: Elegant, beautiful, graceful, mature. These names together make me think of cool colors, water, gemstones, shiny cool metal, etc. I think Lydia fits the tone of Jasper best out of these, but they all fit with Jasper very well.
Jasper & Eleanor: Elegant, old-sounding, wise. Eleanor adds in a sepia-tone photograph quality. Still very regal. Lydia is regal too, but Eleanor is even more so. Nickname-wise, Elen / Ellen would work. Ellie would be too 'cute' and kind of lose the entire point of Eleanor. Nora is okay, but a little too humble and earthy for Jasper in my opinion.
Jasper & Anna: Pretty, graceful in a subtle way, sounds younger than the other possible sets. Not as cool, but also less "misplaced" in a modern time. (I don't mean misplaced in a bad way, btw. I like many names that sound more suited to a past time. All of these names are suited to this time period, but Anna is more timeless/current and therefore has less oldness to it.)
If it were Jasper with 3 sisters, Lydia and Eleanor could go in any order but Anna would have to be the youngest. Anna is one of those "young" names to me. I wouldn't really want to name a kid Anna unless I knew I wasn't having any more kids, because it just screams "youngest" to me.
I say go for Lydia, that is my favourite, though the other two are great so you can't go wrong
I love both Lydia and Eleanor. I'm not as keen on Anna, because it's not only plain but overly popular.
Some combo ideas:
Lydia Charlotte
Lydia Clara
Lydia Genevieve
Lydia Helen
Lydia Lenore
Lydia Maeve
Lydia Magdalen / Lydia Magdalene
Lydia Marguerite
Lydia Maude
Lydia Nadine
Lydia Pearl
Lydia Viola (vie-OH-lah)
Lydia Violet
Eleanor Amelia
Eleanor Cassandra
Eleanor Emilia
Eleanor Freya
Eleanor Laura
Eleanor Tatiana
Eleanor Teresa / Eleanor Theresa
Eleanor Tess
Eleanor Winifred
Some combo ideas:
Lydia Charlotte
Lydia Clara
Lydia Genevieve
Lydia Helen
Lydia Lenore
Lydia Maeve
Lydia Magdalen / Lydia Magdalene
Lydia Marguerite
Lydia Maude
Lydia Nadine
Lydia Pearl
Lydia Viola (vie-OH-lah)
Lydia Violet
Eleanor Amelia
Eleanor Cassandra
Eleanor Emilia
Eleanor Freya
Eleanor Laura
Eleanor Tatiana
Eleanor Teresa / Eleanor Theresa
Eleanor Tess
Eleanor Winifred
I love Lydia Charlotte! But would that be considered too trendy?
I also like Lydia Clara, Lydia Helen, and Lydia Pearl. My name is Violet, so I'm not sure if I would be able to use that as a middle name. What do you think?
It seems like a lot of you guys like Eleanor. I'm really torn- I can't decide between the two! I like Anna but I think I'll have to eliminate it as a lot of people seem to be tired of it. What about Eleanor Anna?
I also like Lydia Clara, Lydia Helen, and Lydia Pearl. My name is Violet, so I'm not sure if I would be able to use that as a middle name. What do you think?
It seems like a lot of you guys like Eleanor. I'm really torn- I can't decide between the two! I like Anna but I think I'll have to eliminate it as a lot of people seem to be tired of it. What about Eleanor Anna?
Lydia - I like it
I think Lydia goes well with Jasper, better than Anna or Eleanor. What about naming her Lydia Anne or Lydia Eleanor? Those sound lovely.
I think Lydia goes well with Jasper, better than Anna or Eleanor. What about naming her Lydia Anne or Lydia Eleanor? Those sound lovely.
Anne is my middle name too.
I guess it is often seen as a filler name, but my mom gave it to me because it's also her middle name, and so it was her way of naming me after her in some way.
So I don't consider it filler myself. If you went with it, I'm sure your daughter would feel that way too. :)
I guess it is often seen as a filler name, but my mom gave it to me because it's also her middle name, and so it was her way of naming me after her in some way.
So I don't consider it filler myself. If you went with it, I'm sure your daughter would feel that way too. :)
Yeah, it was a family name for me too. It's my great-grandmother's name, and my mother also wanted to give me a more typical middle name because when I was born my first name was very rare. I think it would sound good with Eleanor, but we still have no idea which name to chose!
I truly and deeply dislike the name Lydia. It is just devoid of charm for me. It sounds sneaky and sniggering and dishonest, even though I've never met a Lydia. I just picture a bucktoothed maid swiping jewelry and small change in some dark Victorian house, sleeping around and getting pregnant and deliberately blaming the wrong man. She wouldn't be above poisoning the food to make everybody sick and then try to gain favor by "curing" them.
Anna is much much better.
Anna is much much better.