Heart vs head choices (2 of each!)

[backformore]

What the title says - DH and I have agreed on two possibilities for a girl name, and two for a boy, but I'm torn in each between my "heart" and my "head" choice. Thoughts?

Lucian
Tristan

Petra
Lucia

They are all nice names - I wouldn't know which was heart or head. None of them are totally outlandish or particularly commonplace. Just pick the ones you like the best.

Petra is lovely.

Prefer Lucian to Tristan.

Petra and Tristan imo

Depends on how you pronounce Lucia. And Lucian.

LOO-shan

LOO-sha or Loo-see-ah (haven't decided)

I never heard the Lu-shan pronunciation before.
i have one of those but don't like the others.
Maybe tell us which ones speak to your head and why not also your heart.

Tristan and lucia for me.

Lucian and Petra

LOO-shan I think is fairly standard (as in Lucian Freud), but LOO-sha a little less common.

Petra is a head choice (for historic reasons and resonances with a family member's name), whereas Lucia sounds a bit prettier to my ear. Other head choice is Tristan (it would "fit"/be an easy sell where we live, whereas Lucian perhaps sounds a bit more strident??)

I lthink jevthe slubd if Tristan but lucian makes he think if lucian frued which is nice if you are into art.

I also like both Petra and Lucia (although I always thought it was Loo-Chee-a, and lucian I thought was with a see rather than sh sound).

Ah. Definitely not Lucia then!

And I prefer Lu-see-an as in Freud.

Tristan and Lucia.

Tristan and Petra. Both pleasant and uncomplicated names.

Lucian and Lucia are both nice but will cause pronunciation issues and Lucian will be misspelt as Lucien.

I knew a boy called Lucian growing up. He was nicknamed 'Lucy' by all the boys and really hated his name :-(.

I would pronounce Lucien Lucy-un

I prefer it to Tristan

I prefer Lucia to Petra but they are both nice nice names. I prefer it pronounced Loo-chee-a

I'd go with what the heart says! You can speculate etc but you never know beforehand exactly how the 'head' issues are going to play out anyway.

Are there any other names you like?
When baby backformore turns up you might want to pick something else.

Tristan and Petra.

I prefer Petra and Tristan as I know how to pronounce them both

Really dislike how you've said Lucia and Lucian are pronounced. They don't sound particularly nice and are a mouthful. As another poster has said, a Lucian could be bullied for his feminine sounding name.

Tristan is lovely.

Lucia and Petra are both really nice.

Not keen on Lucian...it seems a bit try hard.

Let me guess... your heart is saying Lucian/Petra.
Your head is saying Tristan/Lucia?

Am I right?

Wasn't Petra a dog in Blue Peter

Completely agree with grasspigeons

I prefer Lucia over Petra but only if pronounced Lu-chi-a. Loo-sha doesn't sound nice at all to me. It seems to have many variants in pronunciation so it might not be pronounced the way you/your child likes which might be a pain. So perhaps Petra is better.

www.pronouncenames.com/LUCIA

Tristan and Lucian are pretty similar sounding names to me. I'd be inclined to wait until the baby arrives and see what fits best. I imagine that you'd get a bit of Lu-chan / Lucy-an pronunciation variability, and perhaps Lucy-an would be tricky, depends on your local area on that I think.

Tristan and Petra. Dislike Lucian and both pn you put for Lucia. I know a Loo-chi-ah Lucia and like that but still prefer Petra.