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How popular is Lucy/Lucie in your area?

32 replies

Cortina · 14/10/2009 17:29

Quite taken with the simplicity yet niceness of Lucy.

Would think it was madly popular though? Is it?

Isn't Lucie the more tradtional? French? spelling.

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MrsVik · 14/10/2009 18:45

We're going to have a Lucia in January - nn to be Lucy. I think it's a lovely name!

NorbertDentressangle · 14/10/2009 18:05

I know of quite a few 12-18 yr old Lucys but no younger ones.

I'm sure a fair few try to be different and spell it Luci (and probably dot the "i" with a little circle or, even worse, a heart ).

Hulababy · 14/10/2009 18:01

There is a Lucy in DD's junior school. None in the infant school I work at.

I know one adult called Lucy and my cat was called Lucy.

I do like the Lucie spelling too. I don't think it is an unusual spelling particularly and definitely not a made up spelling, just an alternative.

DD has an alternatve spelling for her name (Mollie instead of Molly) as the older people we knew of had the ie spelling and we prefered the look of it on paper. Yes, she struggles to find much personalised stuff with her name spelling on, but not really a major crisis.And yes, she does tell people her name is Mollie, with an ie, when asked if they write it don - but again not really a hardship.

TigerFeet · 14/10/2009 17:58

I have a Lucy

Unfortunately there are loads of them around here, three in dd's year at school alone.

I had no idea it was in the top 10 when dd1 was named, but we would have used the name anyway. The popularity of a name doesn't bother me and as it turns out dd loves being one of "The Lucys"

imo, if you love a name, you should use it regardless of whether it's number 1 or number 483,922 on the top names list.

Lucy is a classic, timeless, beautiful name.

The only Lucie I know has a French mum. Without any connectin to France I would stick to spelling it with a y.

Flibbertyjibbet · 14/10/2009 17:45

I never heard of Lucie before my very chav sil called her daughter that last year. She said she wanted to give it a more modern spelling.
so in mumsnet speak that means my chav sil decided on an 'unusual' spelling which will not only make the child look really chavvy but also leave the child repeating 'no its spelled L-U-C-I-E' all her life...

I think call the child Lucifer on the birth cert then shorten it to Lucie

FimboFortunaFeet · 14/10/2009 17:45

I really like Lucy.

I know a 6yr old, 10yr old and my next door neighbour who is 36.

Not many in the school I work.

lynniep · 14/10/2009 17:36

never heard it for a child around here.

I think its a lovely name, and whilst I dont know any Lucies (I have a friend who is Lucy) I really like that spelling