Gender Feminine
Usage English, Portuguese, Literature
Meaning & History
An elaboration of Lucia created by Cervantes for his novel Don Quixote (1605). It was subsequently used by Molière in his play The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1666).
Related Names
Rootlux
Other Languages & CulturesLucia, Lucilla (Ancient Roman) Lyusi (Armenian) Llúcia (Catalan) Lucija (Croatian) Lucie, Lucka (Czech) Lucia (Danish) Lucia, Luus (Dutch) Lucie, Luce, Lucette, Lucile, Lucille, Lucinde (French) Lucia, Luzia, Luzie (German) Loukia (Greek) Luca, Lúcia (Hungarian) Luce, Lucia, Lucetta, Lucilla (Italian) Lūcija, Sindija (Latvian) Liucija (Lithuanian) Lucia (Norwegian) Łucja (Polish) Lucia, Lucica (Romanian) Liùsaidh (Scottish Gaelic) Lucia, Lucka (Slovak) Lucija (Slovene) Lucía, Luz, Luci, Lucila (Spanish) Lucia (Swedish)
Popularity
People think this name is
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Entry updated November 16, 2019