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What do you think of Lux?

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GymBunnyBob · 13/04/2012 09:06

I love it and so does my DH. We had a family friend that we were very close to called Lux and she died recently and we'd like to use the name but have no idea what other peoples reactions would be. She was the only Lux I'd ever met so I assume it isn't a popular name.

I know it was a character name in Virgin Suicides which doesn't bother me, I like the film. There was a detergent called Lux too, but I doubt many under 20 years old would have ever heard of it now so don't think that would be a problem when baby is older if you see what I mean.

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Pinkzoo · 13/04/2012 17:11

Soap

fivecrazymonkeys · 13/04/2012 16:17

I remember soap too - and so do lots of others on here! How about Lexi??

eurochick · 13/04/2012 14:31

It says soap to me. Sorry.

BBQJuly · 13/04/2012 14:26

Soap.

I'd go for Lucy/Lucia instead.

SneakyBiscuitEater · 13/04/2012 13:20

I love it. I do like x names in general though, DS has two x names.

TeWihara · 13/04/2012 13:18

Good for you OP, good luck with your baby.

glastocat · 13/04/2012 13:14

Soap. Luxembourg.Just silly.

yousankmybattleship · 13/04/2012 13:13

It is lovely to want to choose the name because of someone you cared for. I really don't like it though I'm afraid and it really does only make me think of soap. There are worse things to be associated with though!

lunamoon · 13/04/2012 13:11

Lux reminds me of soap. But if it is a name that you hold dear then go for it.

Catsmamma · 13/04/2012 13:09

how would you say it??

is the u an uh sound ...puck or more the oooo sound like luke??

Not keen either way really.

LesAnimaux · 13/04/2012 13:08

Good for you, OP.

Personally I don't really like it, but you probably wouldn't like my DCs names.

I do like that it's different, though, and not another Charlie/Sophie. Smile

Actually, I think it's one of those names that could grow on me.

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GymBunnyBob · 13/04/2012 13:04

Thanks guys, I think we'll go for it. DH really loves it and loves the connection to our friend too but I just wanted to see what peoples reactions were to it. Some have said they hate it, but plenty have said they like it. Thats enough for me. I'd never find something everyone loves anyway.

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Ephiny · 13/04/2012 11:22

I like it - unusual and with a lovely meaning.

My first thought was the character from the film, then the unit of light - I haven't heard of a brand of soap called this.

You could always use it as a middle name, if you feel it doesn't work for the first name, but still want to pass on your friend's name/memory in this way.

squoosh · 13/04/2012 10:33

I think Jo Whiley has a daughter called Lux. (Don't ask me why I remember this crap :))

It's a bit of a nothing name to me, it sounds like an abbreviation and doesn't haven't have enough oomph for a full name.

Having said that, it could be worse. Ending on a positive!

Flightty · 13/04/2012 10:30

Whisky

Flightty · 13/04/2012 10:29

Posted the first bit in response to whiskey, sorry to cross posts

Flightty · 13/04/2012 10:29

Not if it were a pretty name. I'm sorry - yes, it's a decent nickname but for me, when I name a child I like to give them a bit of flexibility, a name is a gift - so a proper first name they can shorten if they like, loads of nicknames of course (who doesn't call their child a whole bunch of silly shortenings and so on) and a middle name that's a bit different, so depending on their own taste they can play around with it all.

Giving a child a three letter, very unusual name which leaves no scope for alteration/individual preference is somehow a little ungenerous, I feel. But we are all different and if you realy love the name, it's still a gift from you, and your child might love it.

I speak as someone who gave their child an unusual first name, which I now almost regret, but the child refuses to depart from even though he has several other options, including a very ordinary middle name and I've even offered to change it for him officially if he likes. Nope. He likes it just as it is.

So really just analysing my own feelings, you must do what you feel is right.

whimsicalname · 13/04/2012 10:28

I love the name Lux. Wanted it for DS3, in fact I think it even featured on a thread on here about 2 years ago, alongside Beamish, Humphrey, Monty, Clovis and Helix. I think I like names with xs in, as I was determined that DS1 (Alexander) would be abbreviated to Lex.

I'd always thought of it as a boys' name, but go for it. There's always something that rhymes with a name, or that is a similar brand name or whatever. But it means 'light' in Latin, and that's enough.

marshmallowpies · 13/04/2012 10:27

Lux Aeterna is part of the Requiem Mass. I think the idea of naming someone after 'light' is nice, as all the connotations of 'light' are positive, uplifting, joyful, etc, and a lovely way to remember your friend.

Having said that, I'd probably use it as a middle name just because of all the other connotations, or choose Lucy/Lucia which are equally nice & could use Lux as a nn.

AsCorruptAsWhisky · 13/04/2012 10:20

I don't think that the people that "Lux" will be growing up with would associate her name with soap, just as they would associate Ariel with the Little Mermaid before thinking of the washing powder.

Flighty is right - it does rhyme with lots of things, but that shouldn't be enough reason to not use the name.

Eglu · 13/04/2012 10:06

Lux to me immediately says Jewish surname.

Flightty · 13/04/2012 10:05

I won't write a list but sucks is on it

Flightty · 13/04/2012 10:03

Plus it rhymes with WAY too many things

Flightty · 13/04/2012 10:03

Sorry, but I don't find it a very attractive name in itself.

It's part of too many other things, as well - advertising etc. I mean it's short for luxury, so there's that connotation, it sounds like a nickname, it's very abrupt, and it does (sorry) make me think of the sort of made up names people who take too many drugs give each other.

I just think you could give a child so much more than these three letters.

Have a look here too.

Hope not to offend.

Aworryingtrend · 13/04/2012 09:59

FGS it is a brand of soap. You wouldn't called your child Radox or Dove would you? I am only 29 but I know the brand well so it must have been sold more recently than in the last 20 years.