[Opinions] Lucille or Lucy?
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The only reason I didn't name my first daughter Lucy was that there has never been a newborn human female who looked less like a Lucy. So I had to go through a name book from scratch, stopping at every name I liked and trying it on her in case it worked.
I would never have touched Lucille. Weary and dreary and down-market and faux-French and lots of other bad things. I've met a couple of Lucille people and the've all been vapid and vacuous. If Lucy didn't work for some strange reason of surname sound or whatever, I'd use Lucilla rather than Lucille - and also rather than Lucia with its multiple pronunciations. And when I was a schoolgirl I named a cat Lucinda (she 'had to have' a L name) but called her Cindy, so that eliminates it for a person.
I would never have touched Lucille. Weary and dreary and down-market and faux-French and lots of other bad things. I've met a couple of Lucille people and the've all been vapid and vacuous. If Lucy didn't work for some strange reason of surname sound or whatever, I'd use Lucilla rather than Lucille - and also rather than Lucia with its multiple pronunciations. And when I was a schoolgirl I named a cat Lucinda (she 'had to have' a L name) but called her Cindy, so that eliminates it for a person.
Lucille, because it's more formal.
Lucille....food for thought, I have a step daughter named LuCille. She is named after her great grandma with the same spelling.
Lucia is
I'd just use Lucy, it's such a sweet and simple name
I'd name her Lucille and pronounce it lou-sill. Revenge on the capricious world that makes me name a daughter that. I understand that she has to have Lucy as a nickname, but I would get the hiccups every time I said it so it would sound just like I was calling her Lou. The name Lucy is fine on other people, I kind of see its appeal, but I would not want to call my daughter it. I just don't like it.
If I get to name YOUR daughter either Lucille or Lucy, I'd name her Lucille nn Lucy because I think I'd personally rather not be "just" Lucy ... it's too much a nickname, to me. I think it'd be more pleasing to have a full name behind it.
If I get to name YOUR daughter either Lucille or Lucy, I'd name her Lucille nn Lucy because I think I'd personally rather not be "just" Lucy ... it's too much a nickname, to me. I think it'd be more pleasing to have a full name behind it.
This message was edited 10/17/2016, 10:03 AM
Lucy on its own
No fan of either one, but I'd choose Lucille and not call her Lucy, just because I really hate the name Lucy. It's so goofy and flaky and sounds like somebody's yapping little lap dog that pees all over the rug everytime you look at her.