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I find it very beautiful in a "Victorian woman who drowns under suspicious circumstances" way, or, alternatively, "Edwardian woman who dies of the Spanish flu" way.

Not really my style, but it’s nice and the Liv nickname fits well. Uncommon but not strange.

I adore it and would seriously consider using it.

I picture a Lavinia looking like this:

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Which isn't a bad thing, at all. I appreciate it because it's beautiful, and it has a certain sepia toned allure. But, I don't think I would ever use it in real life, for that reason. It's too far removed from my modern taste.

I like it but there’s something a bit, I don’t know, overwrought about it? I had a relative by this name.

I’ve loved the name ever since reading A Little Princess as a kid, despite the character being a bit of a villain.

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I actually don’t mind the nn Vinnie.

Lavinia is a really cool name, and to me has a kind of Southern charm to it (in the U.S. I imagine a real-life Lavinia to be a born and bred Southern Belle). She's one of those names that has pretty much always been on my PNL but never in my Top 10; so basically there are always names I like more than Lavinia, but I've never disliked her.

I like it

I love it. But I wouldn't use it because I'd fear the nickname Vinnie. The mother in "Life With Father" was named Lavinia and called Vinnie, and that sticks with me. Shame though. Lavinia is a beautiful name.