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Name of the Day. What do you think? Too frilly? Better than Lucille, or worse?
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I like it better than Lucille, but I do find it a bit frilly for my taste.
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I like it more than Lucille, but I happen to like Lucille a lot. I have never met a Lucille who wasn't a lovely person, so my view may be skewed on the name.
Still, 'L's are a pleasant sound and Lucinda takes the lilting-ness of Lucille and gives it a little more personality.
Honestly, I would call Lucille a little frillier than Lucinda. The 'd' makes all the difference for me.
The only downside is the potential nn Cindy. Just not a fan. Not even close to a fan.
Still, I would be far more likely to use Lucinda IRL than Lucille.
Still, 'L's are a pleasant sound and Lucinda takes the lilting-ness of Lucille and gives it a little more personality.
Honestly, I would call Lucille a little frillier than Lucinda. The 'd' makes all the difference for me.
The only downside is the potential nn Cindy. Just not a fan. Not even close to a fan.
Still, I would be far more likely to use Lucinda IRL than Lucille.
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It's not totally awful, but there's something a bit mimsy and luvvy about it; a wannabe-posher version of Lucy. Lucille is sharper and sassier in sound but also feels a bit faux-1950s, like she might have a victory roll and a circle skirt and those cat-eye glasses.
This message was edited 4/27/2015, 12:18 PM
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I love Lucinda; honestly, I think it has less frill than Lucille (I like Lucille, but I always see numerous doilies and artificial flowers when I hear it). Lucinda is one of my top "Luc" names for girls, perhaps only behind Lucina. I think it's an overtly feminine choice without being overly lacy. It's a strong name, too; it brings to mind the image of an exotic warrior.
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It's better than Lucy but that isn't saying very much. Lucinda's always struck me as a storybook kind of name, like this quirky, magic-obsessed little kid who lives in a quirky house with her talking guinea pig or something.
Lucille is okay, though I always want to sing "You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille" when I hear it. If I had to pick a Lucy-related name I'd pick Lucia, pronounced Loo-SEE-a.
Lucille is okay, though I always want to sing "You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille" when I hear it. If I had to pick a Lucy-related name I'd pick Lucia, pronounced Loo-SEE-a.
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"You picked a fine time to leave me, loose wheel".(alternate version!)
"400 children and a crop in the field".
I could go on but I won't. :)
"400 children and a crop in the field".
I could go on but I won't. :)
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oh yes ...
Loose wheel. Last year we sang that to my stepfather, who lost a wheel off his big rig driving (fortunately at very low speed) on the highway in Iowa during the record cold snap. The wheel on his cab just came off and went sailing across the highway, and he was stuck for something like three hours waiting to be towed. Luckily his truck has a generator so he wasn't cold, and state troopers and other drivers stopped by to make sure he was all right.
Loose wheel. Last year we sang that to my stepfather, who lost a wheel off his big rig driving (fortunately at very low speed) on the highway in Iowa during the record cold snap. The wheel on his cab just came off and went sailing across the highway, and he was stuck for something like three hours waiting to be towed. Luckily his truck has a generator so he wasn't cold, and state troopers and other drivers stopped by to make sure he was all right.
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I like Lucinda, I think its a nice classical name. My name is very similar to Lucinda so I appreciate it. I also like Lucille as the ille ending is a bit different and I like the sound. Both good names
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I like the name Lucinda. But only without the nickname Lucy, which I dislike a lot.
I like Lucinda a little more than Lucille. Lucilla is nicer than either. But it's a very slight difference ... they're all fine, but in general I don't like Luc-names very much. Or really any names that begin with Loo-.
I like Lucinda a little more than Lucille. Lucilla is nicer than either. But it's a very slight difference ... they're all fine, but in general I don't like Luc-names very much. Or really any names that begin with Loo-.
This message was edited 4/26/2015, 11:22 PM
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I like it, much better than Lucille.
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I love Lucinda. Quite a lot. It's cute and spunky.
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saying something is "too frilly" for a girl smacks of latent sexism and internalised misogyny.
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Would that be because frills should automatically be attributed to the female gender?
For clarification, the original poster was simply asking if our opinion of that name was that it was too frilly in general, not whether it was too frilly for a girl.
Some of our tastes run to names that lack the ostentatious -a ending which commonly characterizes names as having "frill".
For example, Amelie would be less frilly than Amelia, which is less frilly than Aemiliana. Those extra vowels make all the difference in people's opinions.
For clarification, the original poster was simply asking if our opinion of that name was that it was too frilly in general, not whether it was too frilly for a girl.
Some of our tastes run to names that lack the ostentatious -a ending which commonly characterizes names as having "frill".
For example, Amelie would be less frilly than Amelia, which is less frilly than Aemiliana. Those extra vowels make all the difference in people's opinions.
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The idea that disliking "frilly" names (or anything) is sexist assumes that women are naturally inclined to be ultra-feminine, which is ten times more misogynistic than disliking the name Lucinda could ever be.
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Please use only one name to post on the boards.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/help#rules
The idea isn't that frilly = bad, it's just that polysyllabic feminine names ending in A are not to everyone's taste; they can seem too formal for our own personal name-comfort-zone and therefore, something like fancy or immodest. And if they aren't to our taste, we usually say around here that these names are too "frilly" for our taste. In the sense of overdressed (in feminine dress because it's a name for women), rather than in the sense of too feminine.
So she's not asking if you think the name is bad because it seems very feminine - she's asking, do you not like the name because it feels too frilly for your taste? I think that making the assumption that not liking such names means sexism, might indicate a rather narrow definition of femininity. Then again it might not - I might not understand exactly what you are trying to say. Feel free to explain further.
ETA Joiya suggests that you're worried about frills not being unisex? If that's so ...
Gender conventions are not equal to sexism. They're only conventions, they are necessary although arbitrary, and no value difference is necessarily implied - you project all of it. If I imply that frills are feminine, and you think that's unfair to either boys or girls, you're the one assuming a value difference between what's for boys and what's for girls. There's nothing inherently unfair about gender itself.
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/help#rules
The idea isn't that frilly = bad, it's just that polysyllabic feminine names ending in A are not to everyone's taste; they can seem too formal for our own personal name-comfort-zone and therefore, something like fancy or immodest. And if they aren't to our taste, we usually say around here that these names are too "frilly" for our taste. In the sense of overdressed (in feminine dress because it's a name for women), rather than in the sense of too feminine.
So she's not asking if you think the name is bad because it seems very feminine - she's asking, do you not like the name because it feels too frilly for your taste? I think that making the assumption that not liking such names means sexism, might indicate a rather narrow definition of femininity. Then again it might not - I might not understand exactly what you are trying to say. Feel free to explain further.
ETA Joiya suggests that you're worried about frills not being unisex? If that's so ...
Gender conventions are not equal to sexism. They're only conventions, they are necessary although arbitrary, and no value difference is necessarily implied - you project all of it. If I imply that frills are feminine, and you think that's unfair to either boys or girls, you're the one assuming a value difference between what's for boys and what's for girls. There's nothing inherently unfair about gender itself.
This message was edited 4/27/2015, 4:25 PM
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Nice to meet you. :)
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