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Livia

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I don't know why. I like an old name with history.

Livia.

Lydia

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I like the sound of Lydia and appreciate that the Biblical character was a successful business woman and later led a church and tried to help people.

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I would rather be envious than an olive, so I like Livia better than Olivia. I have also heard that depending on the root word Livia could mean life.

Lydia!

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Absolutely gorgouse and ageless! If I didn't have a neice named Sylvia, I would absolutely use it as a fn );

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All very beautiful names!

I dislike Lydia - 18th-century airhead - and Livia (the wife of Augustus Caesar); I love Olivia regardless of its popularity surge. Plus, it's a family name! I don't mind the meaning of Livia at all, just her apparent personality, though it's hard to tell really, at this distance.

Lydia

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Lydia for me. She’s fun and a little mischievous, which I like, and I enjoy saying Lydia for some reason. I have a friend called Olivia/Oli, so I’d feel weird using Olivia or Livia, and Olivia’s way too popular for me anyway. Livia’s meaning doesn’t bother me.

Out of those options, I'd choose Lydia. I like Livia more, but the meaning does put me off. I'm just not a huge fan of Olivia. I much prefer Olive.

Lydia

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Olivia is beyond popular now. I wasn't surprised to discover it was the #1 baby girls' name in the state of Illinois, considering how many little Olivias I've come across. And poor Livia will just constantly be called Olivia her whole life.

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Meanwhile, Lydia is in my own Top 10, and is utterly gorgeous.

Lydia! It’s very pretty. Olivia is too popular and I never really liked it anyway. Livia seems unfinished.

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Lavinia also has a similar sound, and I’d choose it above the others.