Lucia?

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what do you think?

i like it

how will you pronounce it?
Loo-chia?
or Loo-sia

Lu-thi-a

I think

Loo-CHEE-a

I like it

Lu-chia is nice
any other was isn't!

Any other way I mean!

Like Lu-chia. Lu-thia sounds Spanish. Nice too IMO.

I like it prounounced the rarer third way:
Loo-Shuh (that sounds slightly horrid but do you see what I mean? I know somone who pronounces it like that). But like the other ways too!

Don't like Lu-thi-a, prefer Lu-sia unless you are actually spanish/italian etc.

Love loo-chee-a.

love lu-chia
Dislike lu-sia

Lu-thia will mean a lifetime of correcting the way people pronounce it!

Luthia I think it will cause problems getting people to say it this way and sound unnatural.

Lucia is lovely as Loo-sia ro Loo-chia. I would automatically say Loo-sia I think.

i automatically say loo-chia... but it is my nieces name (she is italian), i love it, loo-thia sounds like you have a lisp

I know a Lucia, pronounced Loo-SEE-ah, but she's part portuguese. I would automatically pronounce it Loo-chia, I think, which I don't like as much.

But it is an Italian name so Lu chi a is the ONLY way to pronounce it.

I think it's pretty common in Portugal, actually.

It's a lovely name.

Before you decide for sure, have you read the E F Benson "Mapp and Lucia" books?

Oh, OK then, it's a mediterranean/latin name. Syill pronounced Lu chi a though!

In Spain it is pronouced Lu-thi-a

my dd is a Sofia so as they are best friends I am always tripping up on their names.

It is a lovely name as is Sofia..

I like it - really love Allegra too (from Italian style stable of names) but DH says noooooooo

So many ways to say it (all perfectly valid in their own countries with the possible exception of horrible "Loosha"). Too confusing, I wouldn't want the hassle and I think it's a bit odd if you're not actually Spanish/Italian/Portuguese etc., especially Luthia pron. Also the Spanish put an accent on the 'i' so you should probably do that if you want Luthia. Which makes it even weirder if you're not Spanish.

I like it pronounced Loo-thi-yah, but not Loo-chi-yah or Loo-see-yah

Love the name, I pronounce it as it is written Loo-sia.