Given name
Lucrecia
Lucrecia is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Spanish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Lucrecia 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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lucrecia 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
Lucrecia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,074
- 0 boys · 1,074 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,234 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,234 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,978 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.
Lucrecia’s family of names
Lucrecia has a related form in Lucretia. In Spanish usage, Lucrecia has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form LUKRECJA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lucrecia
- Lucrecia MartelArgentine film director, screenwriter and film producerborn 1966
- LucreciaCuban singer and actorborn 1967
- Lucrecia Roces KasilagFilipino composer, music educator, and National Artist for Music. (1918–2008)
- Lucrecia Hernández Mackmedical and political from Guatemala (1973-2023)
- Lucrecia AranaSpanish singer (1867-1927)
- Lucrecia Pérez1959–1992
- Lucrecia Reyes UrtulaFilipina choreographer (1929-1999)
- Lucrecia Coveloentomologist from Uruguay1920–2000
- Lucrecia PeinadoGuatemalan physicianborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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