How would you pronounce Lucia?

[lurcherlover]

Just that, really...I know how I would want it pronounced, but I don't want to condemn dd to a lifetime of "actually, it's pronounced..." if my pronunciation isn't the most obvious one. So could you roughly phonetically spell the first pronunciation that comes to mind, please, kind mumsnetters?

Move to Scotland!! It might be one of those names where everyone will always ask the way to pronounce. Like Marie can be ma-ree or mah-ray.

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Loo see ah

My Dd is loo chee ah. Or just chee ah. Just tell people the first time you meet how you pronounce it and you're sorted. Lovely name. We get a lot of lovely comments on it.

not looked at the others, off the top of my head - Loo-CHEE-a

mapp and Loo CHEE ah

Is it Lewkeya as in Santa Lucia, the Italian Folk song.

ive joined all the young dudes! just found your thread....!

Well, this thread has cleared that up nicely for the OP, hasnt it!

Loo see er

Loo-Chee-A as in the Italian folk song. There is only one way to pronounce it in Italian.

My dd2 has 2 friends names Lucia. One pronounces it Loo-chee-a, the other one is Loo-Sha.

People generally find out people's names from other people telling them, rather than from being written down, so I would pronounce it how you like and not worry about it! Lovely name either way!

MissCellania.

I have heard 3 or even 4 ways Santa Lucia has been pronounced, from Opera singers to kids choirs all different. Not saying your wrong, just find it funny.
I think my dd sang Loocheea and loochica in some parts, lol.

The thing about Italian is there is only one way to pronounce each letter/sound. It's a very simple language, much more than English. There are lots of dialects though with different pronounciations that you may have heard.

My friend pronounces her dd's name as loo-sha.

When I see it written though I think lu-cee-a.

Loo-chee-ah.

Lucy a

I would say Loo-sher, having met someone with that name.
Before I would have said Loo-chee-er based on the TV series.

Both lovely.

"The thing about Italian is there is only one way to pronounce each letter/sound. It's a very simple language, much more than English. There are lots of dialects though with different pronounciations that you may have heard. "

That sounds extremely contradictory

The woman I know called Loo-sha has Italian parents...

loo-she-a, probably sounds a lot nicer with an italian or a french accent :) rather than my thick scottish one.

Lucy-ah

The different pronunciations are national not just Italian, Luchia is Italian Luthia lusha luceea are all Spanish variations there is also a Netherlands version but not sure of the pronunciation I think that too is luceea. I researched well before naming my dd

It's not contradictory. Dialects are old, separate languages that have varying relations to modern Italian, but there is only one accepted national language, which was adopted just over a century ago.

Of course there are various international versions, I'm only commenting on the language I speak!