Given name
Lucretia
“a successful or wealthy man”
In English use, Lucretia is a feminine form of Lucretius. One Latin interpretation is “a successful or wealthy man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Lucretia is a feminine form of Lucretius. One Latin interpretation is “a successful or wealthy man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
In English usage, Lucretia is a feminine form of Lucretius.
The story
The name’s historical associations include a Spanish martyr.
Lucretia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,430
- 0 boys · 10,430 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 190 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,518 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,518 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 190 in 1974. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,177 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.
Lucretia’s family of names
Lucretia has a later derivative in Lucrezia. Lucretia has a related form in Lucrecia. Lucretia has a related form in Lacretia.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lucretia has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
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 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lucretia
- Lucretia MottAmerican quaker missionary1793–1880
- Lucretia GarfieldFirst Lady of the United States from 1881 to 18811832–1918
- Lucretia Maria DavidsonAmerican poet1808–1825
- Lucretia BlankenburgAmerican suffragist, reformer (1845-1937)
- Lucretia LoveAmerican actress (1941-2019)
- Lucretia Johanna van WinterDutch art collector (1785-1845)
- Lucretia Wilhelmina van MerkenDutch poet and stage writer1721–1789
- Lucretia St. Clair JoofGambian politician (1913-1982)
- Lucretia JansDutch rebel1602–1700
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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