I am looking for opinions on the name [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f].
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you like it or hate it? [name_m]Reason[/name_m]?
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you think it’s old fashioned for a 29 year old British lady?
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you think it would be an easy transition for people to call me [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] when they are used to [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]? (note my nickname would be [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] anyway).
Thanks in advance.
I really like it! Generally I like -lu- containing names, and I like that [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] isn’t super popular.
I don’t think of it as old fashioned at all. The only [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] I’ve ever met would would be in her 30s now, so I see a woman in her 20s or 30s when I hear the name [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f].
I think it would be a pretty easy transition for people … you’re still going to be using [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] as a nickname, and [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] is a natural full name to have for the nickname [name_f]Lucy[/name_f].
I love [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] & have since I was a kid. It doesn’t seem old-fashioned to me, & [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] fits very well as a nickname.
It always strikes me as a very tightly buttoned, jolly hockey sticks, pony club sort of name. I did mull it over for few minutes for my daughter but couldn’t get past the stereotype images, that said, I know you’ve been trying to find a new name for yourself for a long time now, but I liked a lot of your other options a lot more, but [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] is the perfect diminutive.
I quite like [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] - there’s something very serious yet also light about it. It feels sophisticated and smart. I think the transition from [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] might take some getting used to, but I don’t think it would be too difficult as many of the sounds stay the same
Thank you all. I am going to mull [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] over for a bit longer. I am having reservations about it. I think it’s because I have fallen in love with the name [name_f]Freya[/name_f]. I feel if I used the name [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] I could use [name_f]Freya[/name_f] as a middle name.
I am a [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] with [name_f]Luci[/name_f] as a nn-- and I love them both. To me, [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] is elegant, feminine, and serious, and [name_f]Luci[/name_f] is bouncy, cheery, happy-- both of these fit my personality and I use them at different times. [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] is a family name and I like that historical connection. I use [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] as my professional name and use it for all formal documents, telephoning or e-mailing businesses, in court (I’m an attorney/barrister), etc. [name_f]Luci[/name_f] is more of a “family and friends” name and more what I use socially. I find most people here in the US react positively to both names although [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] is very rare (you find more Lucindas in [name_m]Britain[/name_m]). Interestingly, I’ve found a lot men seem to really like [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f] in particular-- I think it’s the feminine sound. If you start introducing yourself as [name_f]Lucinda[/name_f], I think it will stick-- lots of people transition from a nn when they are younger to a longer name-- i.e., [name_u]Billy[/name_u] to [name_m]William[/name_m], [name_u]Robbie[/name_u] to [name_m]Robert[/name_m], [name_u]Josie[/name_u] to [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], [name_f]Rosie[/name_f] to [name_f]Rose[/name_f], [name_f]Dottie[/name_f] to [name_f]Dorothy[/name_f], etc.