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I love it - I have a friend called Lavinia Charlotte and know a new baby called Lavinia Rose.

I like it, but I prefer Vinia. "la" names tend to annoy me, and "lav" reminds me of lavatory...
I like Lavinia Catherine and Lavinia Charlotte best.
Lavinia Octavia, Lavinia Helen (or Helena), Lavinia Eleanor, Lavinia Epona, Lavinia Wisteria, Lavinia Cecily

I love Lavinia! Its classical significance is particularly appealing to me.

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I enjoy Lavinia Catherine, Lavinia Charlotte, and Lavinia Frances.

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Other suggestions:

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Lavinia Agnes
Lavinia Alice
Lavinia Audrey
Lavinia Blythe
Lavinia Cecily
Lavinia Clare
Lavinia Clothilde
Lavinia Constance
Lavinia Corisande
Lavinia Daisy
Lavinia Doris
Lavinia Dorothy
Lavinia Esther
Lavinia Florence
Lavinia Gertrude
Lavinia Hazel
Lavinia Hesper
Lavinia Hester
Lavinia Joan
Lavinia Judith
Lavinia June
Lavinia Mabel
Lavinia Margaret
Lavinia Margery

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I have always loved this name. In high school, when I was taking a class in short stories, we were assigned to write a short story ourselves. I set mine in ancient Rome, and named one of the characters Lavinia. I got a B on the story, by the way, but that was only because I handed it in one day late. Otherwise, it would have been an A. The teacher had a policy of dropping you a grade for every day you were late handing in an assignment.

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Anyhoo. Yes, I love this name, but I don't think that I'd ever use it because of the possible nickname Vinny, which I hate. I'm always alert to possible nicknames, and they ruin quite a few names for me.

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I have known just one Lavinia, an African-American girl I knew in college. Come to think of it, I don't recall that she was ever called Vinny, but still, the possibility would prevent me from ever using the name.

Very old-school.

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It's all right, but it's NMS.

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Lavinia Catherine is lovely.