Lucia, Diana, or Grace

[alyxlndn]

We have finally narrowed down the list to our top three:
Lucia
Diana
Grace

The name should fit with the ds' Ezra and Sasha and the last name is one syllable and starts with an F.
We really only have one big concern: my family is Italian and would pronounce Lucia with a ch sound while we would to be able to call her Luci so it would be pronounced Loo-see-ah.

Middle name options (all family names) seem to fit with all of the options, although obviously some better than others (Mirielle, Aurelia, Elaine, Elsa, Anais)

[Zakken]

Grace is lovely, but a little too popular for my taste now. (Also very popular name for dogs where I live!)

I wouldn't be sure how to pronounce Lucia - my immediate instinct would be to pronounce it the Italian way. How else would you say it? Loo-see-er? Or to rhyme with juicier? Can't you just have Lucy?

I see no problems with Diana, it's elegant and timeless.

None are incongruous with the boys' names, but this really shouldn't be a concern.

[FuzzyWizard]

I would automatically pronounce it as Loo-chee-ah. I know a Lucia who's name gets shortened to Lucy even though in full it is pronounced the Italian way. I'd just be aware that you may spend your life correcting people. Diana is lovely.

[pieceofpurplesky]

Diana Grace F is a beautiful name

[Sophronia]

Diana Mirielle or Diana Aurelia

[MitzyLeFrouf]

Diana. Great and underused name.

[TheNewStatesman]

I like Diana too.

[NadiaWadia]

I like Lucia best. You won't be able to stop your family pronouncing it the Italian way, but I don 't see why you can't have Luci/Lucy short for 'loo-chee-a'.

[Ward3]

I have to break the trend and go for Grace. Popular, especially as a a middle name, but I don't think it's as common as maybe a few years ago. Grace Aurelia, Grace Elsa, Grace Elaine

[Ward3]

I also love Diana

[Ham69]

Lucia. I love this name.
I know an Italian family with DDs Cora and Anja just to throw another couple of names out there.

[elianmod]

I love Diana best. It's a beautiful and underused name.
I do like the other two too.
Grace is simple but elegant and I actually don't know many small or baby Grace's.
I think however you pronounce Lucia you're going to be spending a lot of time correcting. I've heard a Loo-chee-ah, Loo-see-ah, and a Loo-sha. It's a pretty name but may be tiresome to correct.

[BadHenry]

Diana.

[silverglitterpisser]

Lucia.

Grace is lovely but very very popular now n Diana is nice but couldn't imagine a baby with the name n it is also irrationally too tied in to Lady Di I think.

[scribblegirl]

I find Grace super meh if I'm honest - sorry to any out there! I like Lucia (though bizzarely makes me think of St Lucia the island) but my vote is absolutely for Diana. Gorgeous.

[CrispyFern]

Lucia.

[newtothenet]

Diana for me too. It makes me think of Diana Agron.

[Rhubarbgarden]

I love Diana. Very interesting to see the positive reaction it's getting - the last time I saw a Diana thread on here the response was overwhelmingly that it was too closely associated with the princess and too soon for a revival.

[Mygardenistoobig]

Lucia.

I would associate Diana with princess Diana and Grace is very popular/common where I am.

[reuset]

Grace is nice if you don't mind popular, and my favourite here. Diana is too associated still, I think, with the royal connection. Not a name I like at all. Dinah would be a nice alternative.

[Zakken]

Nobody under 20 remembers Princess Diana, and many will never have heard of her. People in this little girl's generation will have no such associations. People in her grandparents' generation might make a connection, but why would that matter?

[ThreeLeggedHaggis]

Lucia (loo-see-ah) and Diana are two of my favourite names. I think I would go with Lucia.

Although I do know a Lucia and people are always calling her Luchia...

[momb]

Not Grace. In theory I should love it but currently know 9 under 11s named Grace and not one of them has any....

Lucia (I read this as Lucheea but would go with whatever you as her parents say) or Diana both charming.

[reuset]

Zakken. Of course people under 20 will know of Princess Diana, even if they don't personally remember any of the press surrounding her life and death (the reporting continued for many years afterwards), whilst growing up.

[MitzyLeFrouf]

Princess Diana will be famous forever but she will be a famous royal figure like Grace Kelly or Princess Margaret. She won't be someone people will have a living memory of and will therefore lose ownership of the name to a large degree.