Given name & surname
Lucia
“light”
Lucia is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in English, German, Italian, Swedish, and 2 other languages.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In Italian usage, Lucia is a feminine form of Lucio. In English usage, Lucia is a feminine form of Lucius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lucia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 59,426
- 91 boys · 59,335 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 3,012 babies
- 2025
- 3,012
- #83 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +48%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 3,012 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 83 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 47.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (531). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 71,628 as a first name in 2020; 3,693 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lucia’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Lucia has a diminutive in Lucy. In Italian usage, Lucia is a feminine form of Lucio. In German usage, Lucia has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lucille.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lucia has relatives in 19 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
29 related names in 19 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Lucaalso known as · Hungarian, Slovak
- LucilleFrench
- LucianaItalian
- Lucianhas masculine form
- Luciusmasculine form · English
- Luciomasculine form · Italian
- Lucindaderivative · Portuguese
- Luciequivalent
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- Lucinaequivalent
- LucileFrench, English
- LucienneFrench
- LucijaUpper Sorbian, Croatian
- LucettaEnglish
- Lusiaequivalent
- Liciaequivalent
- Lyciaequivalent
- LucynaPolish
- LucjaPolish
- Luziequivalent
- Lucianeequivalent
- Llúciaequivalent
- Luzieequivalent
- Лукіяequivalent
- 露西亞borrowing · Chinese
- Λουκίαfeminine form · Greek
- ŁucjaPolish
- LucíaSpanish
- Loukiaequivalent
- Lūcijaequivalent
- Lucidaequivalent
- LleucuWelsh
- LiùsaidhScottish Gaelic
- LúciaPortuguese
People named Lucia
- Lucia BosèItalian-born Spanish actress (1931-2020)
- Lucy BronzeEnglish footballer (born 1991)
- Susi SusantiIndonesian badminton playerborn 1971
- Lucia PoppSlovak operatic soprano1939–1993
- Lucia BerlinAmerican writer1936–2004
- Karyme LozanoMexican actressborn 1978
- Lucia AnguissolaItalian painter (1536-1565)
- Anna BantiItalian novelist, art historian, art critic, and translator (1895–1985)
- Lucia BronzettiItalian tennis playerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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