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I know both a Loosha (60 + year old adult) and a Loo-See-Ah (8 year old girl) .

The two creature (one girl, one dog) had different pronunciations. One was the Loo-sha, and the other was Loo-chee-ah.

@nana87: Agreed. All of DH's Sicilian family use Loo-chee-ah. All the Lucias we know here in Texas are Loo-see-ah.

As a name, Loo-see-ah.

As a vacation destination, Loosha.

We're going to use Lucia as DD's middle name and we're pronouncing it loo-see-uh.

The toddler i know with that name is "loo-Chee-ah". Her family has an Italian background.

I like all the pronunciations but wouldn't be sure right off the bat how to pronounce it. If she had an obviously Italian last name i would go with loo chee uh. Spanish last name id say loo-see-uh. But I would probably ask.

I voted Loo-chee-ah, because that's how it would be in Italy, but then thought of St Lucia. I think that you could pick any of the pronounciations, but she'd always be correcting people who guessed the wrong one.

I read it in Italian and pick option three, but now that I read it again it sounds like option 2. Either are gorgeous though!

I've known three Lucias and each one used a different pronunciation. I would hazard to guess that in CA, with so many Spanish speakers around, most people would probably start with Lu-see-ah. I think my favorite pronunciation is the Italian!

@Mrs. Champagne: I know 3 Lucias and they are all Loosha.

I have never heard of it pronounced Loosha. I know one Lu-Chee-a and one Lu-see-a. If I used the name for a DD I would do Lu-see-a with Lucy for a NN.

Literally all 3 went through my mind when I saw the title of the post, before I even saw your poll options. So I think that she would get all 3 pronunciations throughout life.

This was on our short list but I wanted it loo-she-uh and DH wanted loosha. I love this name!

@nana87: Exactly what I was going to say!