Given name
Lucja
“lady of the light”
Lucja is used as a given name. One Polish interpretation is “lady of the light.”
Original PolishŁucja
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Polish interpretation is “lady of the light.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Polish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lucja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 5 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 5 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 276 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.
Lucja’s family of names
In Polish usage, Lucja has a conventional equivalent in the German form Lucia. Lucja has a related form in Lucille. In Polish usage, Lucja has a conventional equivalent in the German form LUZIA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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