Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lacretia is a variant of Lucretia. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1937. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lacretia is a variant of Lucretia. The history of Lucretia gives this family its wider story. Lucretia’s historical associations include a Spanish martyr.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lacretia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 932
- 0 boys · 932 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 11 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 793 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lacretia’s family of names
Lacretia has a related form in Lucretia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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