Lucia

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Luciana in BR Brazil, PY Paraguay, Люция in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, Loukia in FR France and Lucía in CR Costa Rica.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lucia is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name224K records spelled Lucia3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, Andorra

  Also written Lucía, Lúcia

• Italian given name106K records spelled Lucia24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, Philippines, Spain

  Also written Luciana, Lucía, Lucìa, Lucija, Lùcia

• French given name80K records spelled Lucia27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan, Spanish

  Also written Luciana, Llucia, Lucía, Lùcia, Lúcia

• a separate given name48K records spelled Lucia11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Lucía, Lúcia, Luciá, Lûcia, Lücia

• Czech given name30K records spelled Lucia5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, United States

  Languages: Czech, Slovak, Polish

  Also written Lúcia

• Lao given name12K records spelled Lucia29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Peru, United States, Thailand

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Lucía, ลูเซีย, Lusia, Lucìa, ลูซีอา

90 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lucia is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, from the female saint name Lucia; linked to Lutz

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• Feminine form of the old Roman given name Lucius, which is probably a derivative of Latin Jux ‘light’. The girl’s name is common in Italy and elsewhere, and is found as a learned, Latinate doublet of Lucy in England. St Lucia of

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• from the female personal name Lucia, feminine derivative of Latin lux ‘light’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• From Latin. See )\Lucy in main dictionary.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Spanish, feminine singular of lucio

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Luciab. 283ITsaint from Italy
• Lucía Hiriart de Pinochetb. 1923CLAugusto Pinochet's widow (1923–2021)
• Lucia Boseb. 1931ITItalian-born Spanish actress (1931-2020)
• Lucia Poppb. 1939SKSlovak operatic soprano
• Anita Roddickb. 1942GBnot in their usual nameBritish business woman, founder of The Body Shop (1942-2007)
• Lucía Etxebarriab. 1966ESSpanish writer
• Lucia Rijkerb. 1967NLDutch boxer (born 1967)
• Lucía Puenzob. 1973ARArgentine writer and film director
• Gabriella Cilmib. 1991AUnot in their usual nameAustralian singer
• Lucy Bronzeb. 1991GBnot in their usual nameEnglish footballer (born 1991)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,704 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lucia?

We estimate roughly 819 thousand people bear Lucia (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Lucia have the most bearers?

Lucia is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled lucia.

How common is Lucia compared with other names?

In Argentina, Lucia is the 48th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Lucia a male or female name?

Lucia is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lucia mean?

Recorded meaning: From Latin lux, 'light'; variant of Luc.