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Help[Opinions] "Full name" for Lucy?
My husband loves the name "Lucy", but I think it will be too sweet a name for a grown woman. So as a compromise, I'll look at Lucy as a nickname, but can't find anything nice to use it as a nickname for. Any suggestions? I don't like the usual Lucille, Lucinda, or Louise (I know, I'm not asking for much am I!). Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Lucienne
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Really?
I always get so disappointed when people aren't satisfied with Lucy as a full name. I really enjoy Lucy as a full name, because I think of it as the English version of Lucia and it somehow satisfies me to know that it doesn't need any more letters to be a full and dignified name.
I would like to point out that Lucille and Lucinda are actually elaborations of the self-sufficient and frill-less Lucy. I resent them a bit. I dislike it when people assume that longer versions of names are automatically more formal and suitable as full names than the names they came from just because they're longer. I do not see why people think it is strange to have a Lucy and affectionately call her Lucille, or an Adele and call her Adeline, instead of an Adeline nn Adele. That is so backwards to me! It's not significantly harder to say and it's obviously more nicknamey than Adele is... blah blah blah.
Some people don't consider Lucy a full name. Ah well!
Lucasta may not have been mentioned yet.
Lucienne, Luciana, Lucette. Lubomira.
I think Lucia's your best bet.
I always get so disappointed when people aren't satisfied with Lucy as a full name. I really enjoy Lucy as a full name, because I think of it as the English version of Lucia and it somehow satisfies me to know that it doesn't need any more letters to be a full and dignified name.
I would like to point out that Lucille and Lucinda are actually elaborations of the self-sufficient and frill-less Lucy. I resent them a bit. I dislike it when people assume that longer versions of names are automatically more formal and suitable as full names than the names they came from just because they're longer. I do not see why people think it is strange to have a Lucy and affectionately call her Lucille, or an Adele and call her Adeline, instead of an Adeline nn Adele. That is so backwards to me! It's not significantly harder to say and it's obviously more nicknamey than Adele is... blah blah blah.
Some people don't consider Lucy a full name. Ah well!
Lucasta may not have been mentioned yet.
Lucienne, Luciana, Lucette. Lubomira.
I think Lucia's your best bet.
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Honestly, this is what I was thinking.
I decided to not say anything and just give ideas, but the "Lucy, Lily, Sophie, etc. are nicknames" thing bugs me, and esp. Lucy. Ditto esp the part about nicknames being used as full names and full names being used as nicknames for the full names. Lucy nn Lucille makes more sense.
I'm just not sure what it is about Lucy that makes people think it sounds like a nickname.
I decided to not say anything and just give ideas, but the "Lucy, Lily, Sophie, etc. are nicknames" thing bugs me, and esp. Lucy. Ditto esp the part about nicknames being used as full names and full names being used as nicknames for the full names. Lucy nn Lucille makes more sense.
I'm just not sure what it is about Lucy that makes people think it sounds like a nickname.
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Lucretia
Lucasta
Lucinde
Lucilla (actually, of course, a nickname for Lucy, but it could work)
Lucienne
Lois
Luitgarde / Lutgardis
Luisina
Luíseach
Lucasta
Lucinde
Lucilla (actually, of course, a nickname for Lucy, but it could work)
Lucienne
Lois
Luitgarde / Lutgardis
Luisina
Luíseach
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Lucretia, Loukia.
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Lucia
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Luciana
Lucille
Lucie
Lucille
Lucie
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Lucretia
Luciana
Lucetta
Lucia
Luciana
Lucetta
Lucia
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Lucretia
Lucrece
Lucasta
Lucetta
Lucia
Luciana
Lucine
Lucilla
Lucrece
Lucasta
Lucetta
Lucia
Luciana
Lucine
Lucilla
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Lucia
Lucinda
Lucinda
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