Lucia or Clodagh - baby girl name

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Hi there,

expecting our first baby in a few months. We don’t know the gender.

the leading boy’s name is of irish origin.

for girls, we’ve a few options, the two front runners are Lucia (Loo-see-ah) or Clodagh (Clo-da - Irish origin).

middle name is likely to be Anne.

very undecided on which to go for- all advice welcomed!

Totally subjective and they're both very nice but I love Clodagh, it's a gorgeous name.

I like them both, but I prefer the pronunciation of Lucia with a ch, so I'd recommend Clodagh, which was on my baby name shortlist, but was vetoed by DH.

I love Lucia (with your chosen pronunciation). I haven’t come across anyone called Clodagh before but I like it a lot, as long as you don’t mind needing to spell it for people.

Lucia more likely to be spelt correctly by others. Would be my choice.

I have a Clodagh!
We always get soooo many comments on it being a lovely name and she loves her name. So for obvious reasons it's my choice

Both are nice but I'd pick Clodagh on the grounds of it not having multiple pronunciations.

Is Lucia Lucy-ah, Lu-cee-ah, Lootch-ee-a, Loosha, Luth-ee-a? Lucy is much less complicated and also pretty.

Clodagh - love this name!

I'm not mad on Lucia

A vote for Lucia from me. Have you considered Claudia?

Lucia

Love Clodagh!

Not so keen on Lucia.

Any Clodagh I've known has been pretty cool.

Lucia is nice but as pp mentioned there are a variety of pronunciations.

Clodagh.

But Clodagh Ann sounds a bit odd when you speak it.

Clodagh is beautiful. What is the boys name out of interest as I'm a nosy cow.

I think the -a Anne is a bit tricky. Depending on where you are it might be said as Cloderanne. Middle names are not used much normally.

I used to know a Clodagh but her nickname was clodhopper Clode (she was quite hefty)

For that reason I'd go with Lucia!

I love Clodagh. I was thinking about it the other day, how random to see it on MN.

They are both beautiful names but neither of them goes perfectly with Anne, because they both end in "a" and it's a bit hard to say. Not really a problem though.

I adore Lucia, although do prefer the Italian pronunciation. Elegant and classy

Really dislike Clodagh - I find it quite clunky and ugly to be honest. There are so many far nicer Irish names around - Maeve, Cara and Fiadh are gorgeous

Depending on where you are it might be said as Cloderanne.

Ooh yeah, Cloderanne or Lucieranne aren't great.

I like Clodagh but would it be mispronounced in the UK as
Clod ag ?

Not by me.
Clodagh Rodgers - Wikipedia

I absolutely love Clodagh and so nearly used it. Please choose this excellent name

Clodagh is beautiful. I'm in Ireland and it's uncommon. Not sure Anne works with it as a middle name because it runs together, but it probably doesn't matter.

Sorry but Clodagh is very ugly sounding to me.

Clodagh is wonderful!