What do you think about name Lushia or Luschia?

[Marsidarsi6]

What do you think about name Lushia or Luschia ? (Latin origin and pronounced as looo-shya) so far, me and my partner seem to be the only ones that really like it...:) What do you think?

Maybe the word lush has different connotations in
Australia? I know in the UK people's first thoughts are drunks and the soap shop, not the nicer meanings.

Another no from me

Well, you obviously like it and want to go for it regardless of the 40 or so people here who've said they think it's not great.

So just go for it.

I don't think it's just the spelling being 'different'. My dd's name is spelled differently from the usual for very personal reasons, but there are no other issues with it! I think I'd get mixed reviews on here tbh, but not a unanimous 'no'.

Why don't you tell us your nationalities? We may have some ideas! I am English (mixed) and my dh is Sri Lankan.

Yeah I will add that in Australia, lush has really nice connotations. It doesn't here.

Loo-she-a - that's how you'd like it pronounced? Either spell it Lushia, and deal with the fact most uk people will say lush-ee-a, or go for the traditional Lucia.

90% of the time, in life, you hear someone's name before you read it. And that 10% of the time, your dd will just have to correct them.

I actually laughed out loud when I saw the spelling Luschia (sorry, but it's really really awful with so many negative connotations)

Why can't you spell it right, ie Lucia, then tell people how you want it pronounced?

That way it has zero comedy factor and no one will bat an eyelid at your preferred pronunciation as it's one of those names with multiple possibilities.

It sounds like you can't spell.

Did I see you are Spanish? There's tons of beautiful names in Spanish and you're picking THIS? Why?????

I see your point re Lucia as I say that as Loo see a but as I said you'd only have to say Loosha kike St Lucia the once and I would say it. I also see the logic where Luschia could rhyme with fuschia but overriding all that is it looks like Lush and I would think a lush is a drunk and so not a nice name to give a little girl.
At the end of the day though she is your little girl and highly unlikely to meet anyone who would say it out loud so go with what you want.

The plant is 'fuchsia', not 'fuschia', so there is no reason it would necessarily be expected to rhyme with 'Luschia'.

I would pronounce 'Luschia' as 'lush-ya', so it doesn't really clarify the pronunciation issue.

Thanks, I never thought of 'lush' when we were saying it(as looshya) it would never occurred to me that people would think of a drunk so it's good to know. On the other hand there are thousands of 'regular' names that sound like other nasty words or have silly connotations but somehow are now accepted and no one seems to mind. I guess it's a very individual thing and name perception changes once we see them wrtten down.

Do you like Fuschia?

Obviously you should go for the name you like, but I have to say if I saw Luschia I would attempt to pronounce it Lush-shee-a

I prefer Uxia - oo SHEE ah

Both are just written down variants on how people pronounce Lucia incorrectly imo

My grandmother (dutch) was called Lucia, pronounced Loosha. I like it

to add- she said it was the dutch equivalent of 'Lucy'.

Marsidarsi6

It doesn't look attractive written down.

And it will get people confused as to whether it's pronounced like "lusher" or "loosher" and, to be honest, neither sound nice.

Hahahaa this has cheared me up!
I agree with is looking a bit crap goes to fuck oneself

I personally don't think pronouncing Luschia should create any confusion as there is simply no reason for it as it's pretty obvious?"

Not to me, and I consider myself as pretty well educated.

OP You mention a Latin origin for the name you like. The ancient Romans had a male name 'Lucius' and a female name 'Lucia'. Both had a lovely meaning: 'shining' or 'from the light'. In English, words derived from the Latin for light usually begin with 'luc', which is pronounced 'loose', as in 'lucid' or 'lucent' or 'Lucy'.

However, as others have said, I fear that many people will think that a word spelled 'Lushia' or 'Luschia' has a sound similar to the modern word 'lush' because that's how current English spelling/pronunciation works.

The word 'lush' comes from Old English, not Latin. It originally meant soft or sloppy. The 'lus' = 'luhs' sound also occurs in other words of English/Germanic origin, such as 'lust' and 'luscious'.

Of course you can spell your baby's name any way you choose; that's entirely up to you. I'm not criticising.

Oh dear, someone has thrown a wobbly.