Opinions on Emily vs. Lucy

[Redpoppy21]

Help me decide! Older sister is Clara. I love both names.

Love lucy! Such a pretty classic name. Nancy, Alice, Rosie/Rosalie feel similar to me. I think Emily is okay.

They’re both quite popular names, I voted Emily because Lucy seems like a name for a little girl to me personally.
but if it was short for Lucille that would be lovely, as she has the choice of a more grown up (IMO) name if preferred.

I love Heidi, but I don’t think you can have it with Clara

Both are lovely names, but I find Emily a bit dull (I’m a teacher and have taught loads!). Lucy gets my vote.

I do like Emma and Lucinda as alternatives, too.

Of the two, Emily by far. Sorry to be negative but I’ve never understood the love for Lucy - I get that it’s classic but there are lots of classic names, so why would you choose a name where the first syllable sounds like “loose” ? Plus Emily has great historical namesakes like Brontë, Dickinson and Davison etc. Imo there’s a reason it’s generally always been more popular than Lucy.

Do you mean because people used to use Loose to mean sleeping around? I don't think people say that any more. I'm in my 50s and don't know anyone who uses that to describe women and I definitely don't think young people do.

Emily pairs better with Clara.
Both are lovely names.

Emily is so much nicer than Lucy.

This is quite a hard one for me - I honestly love both. I think I might be leaning slightly towards Emily this time, though I'm not sure why.

Partially that (I agree it’s an old fashioned term now, although one that teens might become aware of if they watch classic films). But “loose” is also short/slang for diarrhoea/loose stools in some parts of the country.

Ok. Dd is 17 and a Lucy and has never been teased for those reasons. I don't think any of the Lucys in her year have. There's a teacher at their school who has a Lucy. She was a mum at the same primary school. I doubt she'd have picked it if kids get bullied for it because of diarrhoea or harlot women.

some people on MN really reach when thinking up reasons why a child might be teased over a bog standard name.

Yeah my best friend growing up was Lucy, none of these nasty nicknames ever occurred to anyone. If you try you can think of ridiculous nicknames for literally any name! Think that poster is really reaching here.

They see both equally nice, classic names .

Emily is beautiful. It is also somewhat classier than Lucy imo.

I wasn’t saying that they’d be teased FGS , you are putting words into my mouth 🙄 But the OP was asking whether we preferred Emily or Lucy and I explained the reason I preferred Emily - I don’t like Lucy because the first syllable sounds like “loose”.Are we not allowed opinions now? I think you are being very over sensitive - I’m from a huge family and have relatives called both Emily and Lucy 🤷‍♀️

They're both lovely
I'd go with Lucy

Wow…relax! I was just saying my opinion 🤷‍♀️

Lucy is a bit wet.

Emily is OK.

I'd be more likely to go with Emma, Edith, Alice, Vita, Elspeth - something a little less predictable but still in keeping with Clara.

“Think that poster was really reaching here”

And I’m the rude one? Please re-read my post - where did I ever say that a Lucy would be teased? I simply gave my own opinion on why I wasn’t keen on the name Lucy 🙄

Omg seriously, why are you so desperate for an argument? Relax! Life’s too short!

I know a lucy which is short for lucinda, I've never met another one

I’m not “desperate for an argument” - neither Lucy or Emily are particular favourites! I made a simple comment about Lucy - which neither you nor the poster with the daughter called Lucy apparently read properly (since I never mentioned teasing 🙄- Lucy is a common name so it’s unlikely to be teased!) .

But can you not understand why it might be frustrating when someone implies that you said something- when it’s there in black and white that you didn’t. And rather than apologise they double down and are rude? 🤷‍♀️

Yeah and didn’t agree with your comment, it’s not that big a deal!

I’ve disliked every Lucy I’ve ever met, so because of that extremely personal bias I am team Emily (which is also my cats name).

In all seriousness though they are both lovely.