Given name · also Middle English
Lucina
Lucina is a feminine given name from Middle English, ultimately from Latin.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lucina comes from Middle English, and ultimately from Latin.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle English Lucina, from Latin Lūcīna.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Lucina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,619
- 0 boys · 1,619 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 50
- #3,193 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +27%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 50 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,193 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 27.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,445 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.
Lucina’s family of names
In Czech usage, Lucina has a diminutive in LUCINKA. Lucina has a related form in Lucy. In Dutch usage, Lucina has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Lucyna.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lucina has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lucina
- Lucina HagmanFinnish politician and feminist (1853–1946)
- Lucina da Costa Gomez-MatheeuwsDutch politician (1929-2017)
- Lucina von der HeydeArgentine-German field hockey player (1997-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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