Given name
Lucija
Lucija is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lucija through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48
- 0 boys · 48 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,844 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,844 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 162 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.
Lucija’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Lucija has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lucy. In Croatian usage, Lucija has a conventional equivalent in the German form Lucia. In Croatian usage, Lucija has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lucie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lucija has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 21
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lucija
- Lucija PolavderSlovene judokaborn 1984
- Lucija ZaninovićCroatian taekwondo practitionerborn 1987
- Lucija ŠerbedžijaCroatian actress and modelborn 1973
- Lucija BešenCroatian handballerborn 1998
- Lucija Ćirić BagarićCroatian tennis playerborn 2004
- Lucija MlinarCroatian volleyball playerborn 1995
- Lucija LarisiSlovene biathleteborn 1975
- Lucija GradSlovene association football playerborn 1983
- Lucija Morifootballerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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