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Sorry, but it reminds me of "vulva". I do like Livia and many similar names, though.

I prefer Flavia. Fulvia sounds like full, fulsome, etc., a strange sound for a name

I don't find it ugly (but then, my standards are questionable), it's imposing for sure. It makes me think of... voluminous. Which is a very satisfying word. I think I prefer Fulvia to Flavia, which I can't quite get into.

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I like Fulvia Isidora quite a lot. I really want to pair Fulvia with a name that has that long, dramatic "or" in it, like... Fulvia Eléonore.

Yes, ugly and too close to the word vulva

I think that in English it seems too similar to certain words. Vulva, fool, and ful-words like fulminant and fulsome. And that makes it seem a little "ugly."
If that's not actually the reason why it's uncommon in English - then, I'd think it only seems that way *because* it is uncommon, and if it were common to begin with, no one would notice the word thing ...
Anyway, I tend to notice it, and I think I do because it's not familiar, not because it's really bad. I just don't automatically perceive it as the name *of someone,* the way I recognize, say, Claudia. I perceive it as a curio, a name for people but no one I've heard of. I think I would dislike Claudia because of similar-words, too, if it were as unexpected to me as Fulvia is.

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It's not bad, regardless. Just ... doesn't seem as appealing as it should.
Fulvia Diletta seems like a pretty awesome combo.