How do you pronounce Luciana/Lucianna?

I’m not even sure if this is a real name. But I like the sound of it if its how I would pronounce it which is ‘[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]-[name_f]Anna[/name_f]’ (like a combo of [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] and [name_f]Anna[/name_f]).

[name_m]How[/name_m] would you pronounce it? [name_m]How[/name_m] do you spell it as an English speaker? [name_f]Luciana[/name_f] or Lucianna?

Thoughts or insight?

It is a real name :slight_smile:
I spell it as [name_f]Luciana[/name_f] and pronounce it as “lou-chana” (hard ‘ch’, like in the word ‘cheese’). My grandpa immigrated here from [name_f]Italy[/name_f] years ago, where this name is often used, and this is how he always pronounced it.
A former coworker of mine has a daughter named Lucianna, pronounced “lucy-ana”. Her daughter’s father is Hispanic and they got the pronunciation of the name from his culture.

I don’t think there is a concrete answer on what is right or wrong. I just really think it boils down to culture and language.

My initial reactions don’t exactly make sense but I would pronounce [name_f]Luciana[/name_f] : [name_u]Lou[/name_u]-chee-ah-nah, and would pronounce Lucianna : [name_u]Lou[/name_u]-see-ah-nah.

Both [name_u]Lou[/name_u]-see-ah-nah.

My first instinct would be loo-chee-ah-nah, as my first exposure to the name was in a novel set in [name_f]Italy[/name_f] where it was pronounced like this, but lucy-anna wouldn’t seem wrong to me either.

I pronounce it lucy-ahna (Similar but the [name_f]Anna[/name_f] is prn. [name_m]Ah[/name_m]-na)

[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] = [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]-ah-na

Lucianna = [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]-[name_f]Anna[/name_f]

[name_f]Lu[/name_f]-she-ah-na

I say

[name_f]Luciana[/name_f] - “loo see aw na”

Lucianna - “loo see anna”

If you want a name pronounced “[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Anna[/name_f]” then I think you should use the Lucianna spelling, although I think you’d probably be fine with either.

My first reaction would be Loo-chee-ahnah but I wouldn’t be surprised if it was loo-see-ahnah

As I do with all [name_f]Ana[/name_f]/[name_f]Anna[/name_f] names I’d say:

Loo-see-[name_m]AH[/name_m]-nuh for [name_f]Luciana[/name_f]
Loo-see-[name_f]ANN[/name_f]-uh/[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]-[name_f]Anna[/name_f] for Lucianna

[name_f]Lucy[/name_f]-anna.

I’d pronounce both loo-see-ah-nah, but I could also see loo-see-ann-ah being used instead, especially for Lucianna, which has “ann” in the spelling.

Also, I’m American, so I imagine that’s why the “chee” sound does not come to mind for me here. In other countries, that pronunciation is probably common.

Either Loo-she-ahna or [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]-ahna.

I know two [name_f]Luciana[/name_f]'s and they both are pronounced “lou-chana”