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Rosemary is a favorite of mine. I think it's so lovely, and I love Rosie as a NN myself.

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Ophelia has never really appealed to me. I dislike the "Oaf" sound. It's an interesting choice though.

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Lucinda used to sound silly to me, but it's grown on me. It's starting to see the beauty in it.

Rosemary is nice. I like the nicknames and herb association.
Ophelia is horrendous. All I can think of when I hesr it is fetishes ped_ophelia fec_ophelia
Lucinda is ok it sounds sort of mysterious

Rosemary is gorgeous, I don't know how this name isn't more popular. It is so pretty. My name is Mary, if it wasn't Rosemary would probably be at the top of my list. I love all of the nickname options for this name too, Rose, Rosie, Ro, Romy, they are all lovely.

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Ophelia is a bit too over the top for me, I can't escape the Hamlet association. I don't feel Ofelia has the same problem, and I think it looks nicer too.

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Lucinda is pretty in a fairy-tale type of way, but it's too frilly for my taste, I prefer Lucia.

Ophelia: LOVE
Rosemary- IDK, always preferred Rosemarie. I do like it quite a bit though
Lucinda sounds like a vileness to me.

I find Ophelia over the top. Rosemary is very down to earth but also a pleasing plant and a mixture of two highly popular names, so it wins on all counts; I'd use Rosie as a nn, myself. Lucinda is a complicated way of having a Lucy daughter (which I'd be very glad to have). Eighteenth century, with frills. And I wanted to name a kitten Cindy once because of her naughty face, but she "had to" have an L name so she was Lucinda and that complicated the issue for me.

Rosemary is the top of our list for Hypothetical Baby, and Ophelia is the name of our cat :D I love both of them, although Ophelia isn't one I'd necessarily use on a real child.

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Rose and Rosie are my favourite nicknames for Rosemary, and Molly-Rose if I were feeling ridiculous.

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Lucinda isn't one I've considered before, but I like Lucy and Lucia, and I like Miranda, Melinda and Belinda, so Lucinda is a good point. I might even run it past E.

Rosemary - I know that most people in the world wouldn't have this assocation, but to me it's a serial killer name and it has a really creepy feel to it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_West

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Ophelia - I agree with some of the other posters that it's too over the top. I imagine an Ophelia to be a loud and annoying high school drama teacher.

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Lucinda - Too frilly and flouncy. Lucy or Lucie is much better.

I love Rosemary. Pretty and strong but accessible and humble. I like that it's a herb. I like the nn's Rose and Romy the most but Ro is great as well.

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I like Ophelia because I don't mind it when a name has a tragic, or even negative, association in literature. The only thing that stops me is the "feel ya" sound to it. I think I prefer Octavia for that reason. "O" names in general always have a sense of drama to them, I feel.

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Lucinda is great. It's black velvet, red lipstick, shiny hair. Vampy. Sexy and smart. Possibly a murderer. For that reason it'd be hard to meet a kid with the name but it has a great sound so the adjustment might be easy. I dislike Lucy; too many negative connotations.

I like Rosemary, it has a nice gardeny vibe to it and seems steady and friendly. Not wild about Ro, but I'd rather have that as an nn than Rosie.
Rox nailed it with Ophelia - no matter how you say it, it sounds like it's having a flounce.
Lucinda is too fancy for me. Much prefer Lucy.

Rosemary: It's okay but kind of prim. I do like Rose and would rather use that for a first name and skip Rosemary. Ro just sounds like a random sound, not even half a name. I once babysat two little boys who had an uncle named Rory. They called him Ro Ro. (They also said car-car and ball-ball.)

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Ophelia is gross. It's so over the top drama-queen it's not even funny.

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Lucinda makes me think of a cartoon girl with a pair of magic tap-dancing shoes and a talking guinea pig.

Rosemary is old fashioned imo, makes me think of that Simon & Garfunkle song. I don't think it'd be weird on a kid though, especially with all the available nns. Ophelia is one I've always found pretty, though I prefer the Spanish Ofelia, which sounds more magical to me (plus I like the spelling better and think it softens the association to the tragic character). Lucinda is gorgeous. I think it's sophisticated and glamorous, but it always has the highly approachable Lucy as a nn.

Rosemary is meh to me. It's not bad, but I just don't like it a lot. I think it seems needlessly fussy--just Rose is so much better. Rosemary also makes me think of the herb, and I don't want to think of an herb when I hear a girl's name.

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Now Ophelia is pretty in a way, but it has, in my opinion, two problems---the association with the tragic "Hamlet" character and the fact that it sounds close to "I feel ya", LOL.

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Lucinda I really like and I think it's definitely the best one of the three.

I love Rosemary! Romy is my favorite nickname for it. Ophelia is very pretty and I want to like Lucinda (it's a family name for me) but I've never warmed to it. It's kind of clunky and dowdy. I prefer all the other Luc names to Lucinda.

This message was edited 5/4/2014, 10:43 AM

I love all of them! Lucinda currently appeals to me the most.

I like Rosemary and Ophelia, but am very neutral towards Lucinda.