Lucia

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Thoughts on Lucia (as in St Lucia)??

My friend is call Lucia said Loo- sea-a but more commonly said Loo-chi -a

I wouldn't read it as St Lucia.

I would expect either Looseea or Loochia.

Thoughts on Lucia

Lovely.

(as in St Lucia)??

Not lovely. Silly.

I'm aware there are three ways of spelling it.
And yes one way is Lucia the same as St Lucia... So not silly

You'll never get that pronunciation. It will always be the two already suggested.

Nope. It's loocheea.
St Lucia is a place not a child.

I don't understand people who purposely mispronounce names it's makes my teeth itch.
There is a girl at my ds school called Zofia and they pronounce it ZOF-ia. Just daft at least learn how to pronounce a name if you're going for something unusual.

I would pronounce Lucia as Loosha. Others will say Looch-ee-ah or Lucy-ah. I think it will be a PITA. Nice though.
I really liked Alicia pronounce Al-ISH-a, until I realised that I'm probably the only one saying it that way.

It can certainly be pronounced loo-sha. In fact that's the English pronunciation, where do people think the name of the island St Lucia (loo-sha) comes from?

There are many pronunciations for this name, currently loo-see-a and loo-chee-a (Italian) appear to be more popular.

Newsflash troppi many names have more than one pronunciation, often because of differing pronunciations from other countries. You can't just declare them incorrect because it's not the version you happen to be familiar with.

Jeremy Hunt's wife's name.

It can certainly be pronounced loo-sha. In fact that's the English pronunciation, where do people think the name of the island St Lucia (loo-sha) comes from?

It's archaic, though isn't it? Even to have an "English prononciation" of non English words?

From the time British Toffs wandered the globe changing the prononciation and spelling of other people's names and place names?

Like "Bechuanaland", "Calcutta", "Moslem"and so on.

"Lucia" is not an English name. It's of Italian or Spanish origin.

You're not silly but you are contemplating giving your child a name where 90% of people will mispronounce it first off and many will continue to mispronounce it even when told. She will have to put up with that for the rest of her life.

Lucia is predominately an Italian name and is pronounced loo-chia - my friends DD is named it after her Italian mother.

I like the name but I think you do need to have some Italian connection and it definitely won't be pronounced like St Lucia.

Apart from anything else the LOO-SHA prononciation sounds like "looser".

It's plagued by pronunciation problems so it really puts me off.

I know a lovely girl called Lucia, pronounced Loo-sha.
It’s not silly, it’s the English pronunciation!
She’s simply corrected people if they pronounce it differently, it’s never been an issue. And she says she gets lots of compliments on her name.

Lucia the place is pronounced Loosh-iah but I think most people would know the name is pronounced Luce-eah.

I think it looks Italian though, odd looking in comparison to alternatives like Lucy but okay.

Cole no I don't think it's anything to do with British cultural imperialism, changing words of foreign origin etc. That's a different thing altogether.

Lucia, like Lucy, derives from Latin, and has been around as an alternative to Lucy for centuries in the UK, just a lot less popular than Lucy. It was pronounced 'loo-sha'. Hence the island name. In the same way we had Mary and Maria, Clare and Clara, Ann(e) and Anna.

At the same time, in Italy and Spain and other countries they also had the name 'Lucia' with a Latin origin, pronounced variously 'loo-chee-a', 'loo-see-a' 'loo-thee-a' etc. Lucia was a lot more popular in these countries, and of course they didn't use Lucy. In France they used Lucie (or Luce I believe).

Now Lucia is becoming popular over here, often with the Italian or Spanish pronunciation, but it is certainly not just an Italian or Spanish name.

Hence the island name. In the same way we had Mary and Maria, Clare and Clara, Ann(e) and Anna.

Those are perfect examples of British v Continental name pairs.

Of course people use international names but anglicising the pron. IS cultural imperialism, and always has been.

Sorry but you are wrong.

Maria, Anna etc. have been around in the UK since medieval times.

I loved it and was going to use it for my dd who is now 8. In the end I called her Lucy.

There are multiple children in her school with names that are pronounced wrong so I'm glad I did and she's only one of two in the whole school with her name.

Lucia pronounced Lu-see-uh? I like it.

@troppibambini the name Zofia is of Eastern European origin. It's my aunt's name, and also my sister's, and they both emphasise the first syllable as you describe. In fact my aunt is mostly known as Zof (I suppose this is an anglicised nickname for it, rather than the traditional Zosia, pronounced ZOSHa). Yes, it's a version of Sophia/Sophie, but the stress pattern is different. Your comment was intolerant and ignorant.

ZOFia is right, with the emphasis on the first syllable. It's a common name in Eastern Europe. I'd always pronounce Lucia the Italian way first, and then the Spanish way second.

That's strange I know two other Eastern European Zofias who both pronounce it the same as Sofia but with a z sound at the beginning. Maybe a regional thing?
The family I'm talking about are English.
And Foggyday my comment was neither so get back in your box dear.