Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:25     Subject: Boy name - Lucian
I agree with the posters who said to name him Lucian or Luca, but Luca is not a nickname for Lucian--it's a name in its own right.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:22     Subject: Re:Boy name - Lucian
Anonymous wrote:
Why oh why do parents insist on making these terrible name choices for their children. Please don't do this to your son.


+1 It isn't classy, or sophisticated or edgy or whatever they are trying to accomplish. [/quote]

Okay, PPs, what would you (or did you) name your boys. Let's hear it. I'm just curious what more appropriate names you have in mind.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:20     Subject: Boy name - Lucian
Anonymous wrote:The girl names that you already chose are awful - please do better this time!


What an unkind thing to say. I like both names, but even if I didn't, no need to be insulting.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:19     Subject: Re:Boy name - Lucian
Why oh why do parents insist on making these terrible name choices for their children. Please don't do this to your son.


+1 It isn't classy, or sophisticated or edgy or whatever they are trying to accomplish.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:19     Subject: Boy name - Lucian
Anonymous wrote:Why oh why do parents insist on making these terrible name choices for their children. Please don't do this to your son.


Lucian is not some crazy name. It's friggin Latin in origin and goes back thousands of years. It's not Jaiden or Aiden or Steve or Kevin, but it doesn't make it whacky and something a parent "shouldn't do" to their children. Seriously, people, I know it's hard to imagine a world outside of the conventional, but wow.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:17     Subject: Re:Boy name - Lucian
Julian.

Please.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:17     Subject: Boy name - Lucian
I like Luca
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:16     Subject: Boy name - Lucian
The girl names that you already chose are awful - please do better this time!
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:11     Subject: Re:Boy name - Lucian
Lucien is not a great choice, he will forever be correcting spelling and pronunciation. And it seems kind of girly-people will think lucy/lucille at a glance.
So annoying to give a kid a name that they have to explain his whole life.
Luke, Lucas, Luca...all so much better.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:06     Subject: Boy name - Lucian
Love the name but couldn't get DH on board. Dont like Luca so much though. People who think lucifer will get over it. Go for it!
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 08:01     Subject: Re:Boy name - Lucian
My first thought was Lucifer.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 07:28     Subject: Re:Boy name - Lucian
Anonymous wrote:I like it and prefer Lucien.


If I saw "Lucien", I would say "Loo-see-ENH" (French nasal). If I saw "Lucian", I would say "LOO-shan".
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 07:15     Subject: Re:Boy name - Lucian
I like it and prefer Lucien.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 07:10     Subject: Boy name - Lucian
Why oh why do parents insist on making these terrible name choices for their children. Please don't do this to your son.
Anonymous
Post 09/05/2013 06:40     Subject: Boy name - Lucian
Anonymous wrote:If you like Luca, do Luca. If you like Lucian, do Lucian. It's different, but not a made up name. I don't think of Lucifer. Makes me think of an alternative to Julian. When I studied abroad in France a million years ago, my host brother was Lucien.


Yes, I don't understand the part about naming him Lucian (which is a name) but calling him Luca (which is a different name). Unless you can't decide between Lucian and Luca and are splitting the difference?

The only Lucian I can think of is the painter Lucian Freud.