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Oh this is a hard question! I love both names, but I think I might go with Lydia. Both are lovely though!

Olivia is a very pretty name but it's way too common. I would go with Lydia. Both are nice.

Lydia. I just don't really like the way Olivia sounds & its popularity irks me. Lydia, however, reminds me of Beetlejuice, haha. I love that movie.

Lydia, no contest.

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I love them both too... but Lydia more right now because of the extreme popularity of Olivia. Lydia is also a tad more sophisticated than Olivia IMO, but I could be wrong.

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Lydia. As you said, it isn't as common. plus, gun beatlejuice reference.

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My pick would be Lydia, I love it!

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Olivia is nice, but nms.

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I love both, but Olivia is way too popular imo. You could always use just Liv or Livia, both names in their own right. But I also love Lydia, and Liv or Livia might be confused for nn's or kre8tiv versions of Olivia. :-/ So Lydia gmv.

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I prefer Lydia. It's pretty and classic yet underused, and it makes me think of 18th and 19th century novels.

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I've never liked the name Olivia. I don't know why. There's just nothing about it that appeals to me in any way. I find it a bit dull and uninteresting, even though it's not ugly or anything.

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Olivia is ok I guess, but I'd never use it. I can't honestly believe how popular it has become. I agree that just Livia is nice though.

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Lydia is a name I want to like, but I seem to have been ruined by an old Muppet Show version of a song about a circus freak lady covered in tattoos. "Lydia the Tattooed Lady" runs through my head every time I see this name.

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This message was edited 3/31/2006, 9:59 AM

I like Olivia better. I know it's popular, but it's so pretty, and I adore the nicknames.

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Lydia is nice too, though.

I prefer Lydia. I think both are pretty but Lydia has the added bonus of not being as common.

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I actually like the name Livia a lot more than Olivia. It's an entirely separate name, too, FYI.

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Neither, really...Olivia is insanely popular- definitely one to give a bit of a breather. Lydia's okay, but I have to admit that it's permanently coloured by Lydia Bennet of Pride and Prejudice (in addition to which, the only Lydia I know IRL is very much the modern equivalent of the youngest Miss Bennet).

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Liv and Livia are legitimate names on their own, but the popularity factor there would probably put me off- she might be the only Livia, but the sheer number of Olivias means that she'd be constantly correcting people- "No, just Livia- no O!!"

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When I saw these two names together, I immediately thought of Lavinia, which might appeal, but unfortunately Lavinia is an unpleasantly spoilt character in The Little Princess.

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This message was edited 3/31/2006, 9:12 AM

Olivia is definitely better than Lydia but it's a very common name now.

Lydia, because Olivia is being overused. But, Olivia is still cute.

Lydia

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For one thing, I think Lydia is prettier (and if you want a nn, what about Lyddie?). For another thing Lydia is less overused than Olivia.

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I also like the heroine in Katherine Paterson's novel "Lyddie".

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This message was edited 3/31/2006, 8:32 AM

I much prefer Olivia despite it's popularity.
It's popular b/c it's beautiful!

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Lydia sounds too stuck up and snobby imo.
Olivia is a much better choice.

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GL!

I don't like either, to be honest. Lydia is far too Lydia Bennett to me--ugh. And Olivia's WAY too common.

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I suppose I prefer Lydia, because I love Lyddie much more than I like Livvy.

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Hi,
I love both of these names. They do both have many similarities. They are both traditional, smart and popular.
Lydia sounds more flirty (Pride & Predjudice), whilst Olivia sounds a little more responsible. :) both lovely.

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I dislike Olivia though I am not sure why, myabe because it makes me think Olivia Newton-John (the name, I didn't even know who the person was until I googled her).
I love Lydia, (nn Dia) I like it mainly because I think Lydia sounds nice and I think might have been the heroine in a book I liked.

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I don't like Lydia

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I like Olivia but I don't like it when people nn their child Libby! I think that is just butchering the name! If you have to nn, Olive is cute!

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Lydia, where I live, is VERY old fashioned and country. I just don't like the way it sounds!

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