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I love the name Lavinia, in its full form. I would hesitate to use it, though, because of the possible nickname Vinny. It doesn't make me think of the character in "A Little Princess", but that's possibly only because it was about forty years ago that I read "The Little Princess" and I don't remember anything of it.

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When I was in college I knew an African-American girl named Lavinia. I have no idea if it will become more popular or not.