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?

MissCellania

The language you speak, the national language is there a name for it? Sorry to go off thread but it would really help me no end. It is so confusing and hoping to begin learning soon.

It's just Italian, but technically it comes from the Florentine dialect. Regional dialects were spoken more than Italian right up until the 1950's.

Loosha

In Sweden it is pronounced Lucy-ya.

Loo-chee--ah

If going for the Italian version bit expect spend life saying no H and no it's not pronounced looci ah

Out of 4dc . Three have to tell people either how to spell their name and how to say it

The 4th dc most get right though occasionally people try to use English version

Ds1,ds2( Italian names ) dd name is Arabic and spelt that way not the made up version . Ds3 name is Irish and very few ever get it less they are Irish

Because no-one has mentioned it yet, I feel I should point out that there is also the eastern European pronunciation, 'Loot-see-a'.

Loo chee a

I would pronounce it Italian style - LouCHEEah, unless I was told otherwise

Like st lucia loosha

I also know an English one pronounced 'Loosha'. I quite like it - sounds like a 'clean' name to me!