WDYT of this name?

izzourclue

Ok so jumping the gun, but I recently read The Golden Compass and the heroine is a little girl named Lyra.  I kind of liked it at first but I am not much for unique names (its a "real" name, just not popular in the US).  I still kind of liked it because it was simple and pretty.  Our last name is a nightmare (long and hard to pronounce) so short simple names are all that's on the list for our phantom baby.

 Anyway, the further on in the book, and the more often I saw the name, the more I liked it.  Plus the character is exactly the kind of independent little girl I would like to raise.  DH doesn't really like it.  WDYT?

Haribo1

I really like the name Lyra!  Very pretty.

Kahana

I like it too

Deanne Shehane

I like it.

JilliansMoma

I went to college with a girl named Lyra and she was smart, pretty and nice! I like that name a lot.

redsoxbono

Pretty, feminine and unique without being weird. 

MrsKario

redsoxbono:

Pretty, feminine and unique without being weird. 

this exactly

CharBart

It is pretty....and I know what you mean about last names.  I thought my Italian maiden name was bad...but this german one I have now is quite a mouthful!

Don't worry about DH...he'll come around when you need him to.

FrannyS

don't like so much.  Makes me think of the currency - lire I think it is?

Daisiesinmygarden

redsoxbono:

Pretty, feminine and unique without being weird. 

This! Also, we are friends with a couple who have a 10 yr old daughter named Lyra. She is the sweetest, most gentle child.  The name fits her perfectly.

izzourclue

Thanks for the input ladies!  I think I will keep it on the "list."  I wish I could stop myself from even thinking about stuff like names and nursery colors until I was actually pregnant, but what are you gonna do?

Strunella

I like it.  How do you pronounce it... like Lie-ra or Lee-ra? 

izzourclue

I think its Leer-ra, like lyric.