How do you pronounce these names?

[kaleido-scope.livejournal.com]

Lucia -- I like this if it's pronounced "Loo-see-uh", but someone told me it's supposed to be "Loo-shuh". Can it be either?

Elias -- Is it "Ell-ee-us" or "Ee-lye-us"? I think both are nice.

Comments

[hazelmama.livejournal.com]

it's loo-chee-uh and eligh.

[kaleido-scope.livejournal.com]

Seriously?!

What about AnaLucia on the show Lost? It's "An-nuh-loo-see-uh".

And I never guessed that the "S" would be silent in Elias. Hmm.

[hazelmama.livejournal.com]

No idea, I'm sure you COULD pronounce it however you want but all my Irish relatives pronounce it loo-chee-uh or loo-she-uh.
BUT I'm positive about the Elias one.

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Yeah that's where I got my pronunciation for Lucia, was Ana Lucia from LOST. lol

As for Elias, all the Elias' I have known it's pr. Ell-eye-us. Plus the Big Boy restaurant chain is run by the Ell-eye-us Brothers =)

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

Eli is pronunced Eligh.. I've never heard Elias with a silent S..

[hazelmama.livejournal.com]

Well whatever, I've only heard it pronounced Eli/Eligh.

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

I've always heard Lucia pr. as Loo-see-uh.

And I've always heard Elias as Ell-eye-us.

[sarahrose.livejournal.com]

I've always heard "Loo-shuh" and "Eh-lye-us"

[mars-daydream.livejournal.com]

According to the baby name book I have, it's technically correct to pronounce Lucia as "Loo-sha" (English pronunciation), "Loo-see-uh" (Spanish), OR "Loo-chee-uh" (Italian).

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

That sounds completely accurate. Because I have heard them all 3 ways, just Loo-see-uh more commonly since I'm a big LOST fan =)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

I always thought Lucia was "loosha" because there is a suburb here, St Lucia, pronounced that way. But then I met people with the name who pronounce it loo-see-uh. Now it all makes sense.

[kaleido-scope.livejournal.com]

Ahh yeah, that makes sense. I probably won't use it then because I only like "Loo-see-uh" and I am definitely not Spanish.

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

I've only ever heard it said ALE-ee-us. Like Alias. I know a woman named Elia and she pronounces it ALE-ee-a, too.

[cathkitten.livejournal.com]

Clarification: The Elias and Elia I know are from Argentina, so maybe its a difference in pronunciation from how it would be said in the U.S.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

I've always heard Elias pronounced as Ee-lye-us or Ill-eye-us, basically the same thing.
And to me, Lucia is loo-chee-uh.

[sara-t-05.livejournal.com]

Elias can be pronounced different ways.
It was my great-grandpa's name and it was pronounced E-lie-us. Or, my mom is just crazy and can't prounounce. haah

Another way I saw it pronounced is E-lee-us.

[alocin.livejournal.com]

Lucia is one of those names where people have made it "Loo-sha" because they have mashed it into 2 syllables.

Elias, to me, is Ee-Lie-Us.

[kaleido-scope.livejournal.com]

Okay, thanks everyone.

I think I would only use Lucia as a middle name, so I can pronounce it "Loo-see-uh" and not have to worry about people mispronouncing it all the time.

I would use Elias as a first name and pronounce it either "Ee-lye-us" or "Eh-lye-us".

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Lucia depends on what background you have. I know a Loo-see-uh and a Loo-chee-uh that both spell it that way.

And I've only seen Elias as Ee-lie-us.

[darabelle.livejournal.com]

I have a friend named Lucia who pronounces it loo-SEE-uh. It partly depends on the nationality of the person. My friend is Cuban, and I would imagine most Hispanics would pronounce it that way as well.

[sageharper.livejournal.com]

Lucia = loo-chee-uh (chee as in cheese)
Though it depends on the nationality and such.

Elias = eh-lie-us (Eli = ee-lie)

[just-twice.livejournal.com]

I've only heard Loo-sha for Lucia, but I've never heard Elias at all.

[twoheadedboi.livejournal.com]

Lucia is my middle name and it's pronounced Loo-chee-ah.
But you can pronounce it how you like.

[tallc00lone.livejournal.com]

I've only heard: Elias pronounced Elle-ee-iss; Lucia pronounced Loo-chee-uh.

[kaleido-scope.livejournal.com]

Do you actually know someone named Elias, pronounced "Ell-ee-iss"? In a way I like it better that way because it's so much EASIER to pronounce. The other way just sounds a bit awkward to me. But I wouldn't want to change it from it's normal pronounciation. I like sticking to classic spellings and pronounciations.

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

I think that there's different pronunciations for every name.

Anyways, I've heard Lucia pronounced both ways that you put down, in addition to Loo-chee-uh. As for Elias, just...Ee-lye-us.

[scintillated.livejournal.com]

To clarify on the first point...I think it would depend on where you live.

[http://users.livejournal.com/-ashizzler-/]

I've heard Elias pronounced as Ell-ee-ash...but that was as a lastname.


I forget where, but somewhere they pronounce S as SH.

[soulsurvivarida.livejournal.com]

Lucia -- "Loo-she-ah
Elias -- "Ee-lie-us"

[bellisima87.livejournal.com]

I'm from Germany and there is no doubt that we pronounce it "Loo-see-uh" and "Ell-ee-us".

[anapology.livejournal.com]

I know a lucia pronounced Lu-chee-uh. I don't really like it...

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

I've only ever heard Ee-lie-us. all of those other pronounceations sound weirddd.