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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.

I like it

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’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.

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

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 adore it and would seriously consider using it.

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

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.