Given name & surname

Lucretius

“a successful or wealthy man”

Lucretius is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a successful or wealthy man.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One Latin interpretation is “a successful or wealthy man.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.

How it developed

Possibly from Latin Lucretius.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Lucretius’s family of names

In English usage, Lucretius has a feminine form in Lucretia. Lucretius has a related form in Lucretious. In English usage, Lucretius has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form LUCREZIO.

Walk Lucretius’s family in the name graph

LucretiusLucretiousLucretiaLucrezioLucrécioLukrecjusz

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Lucretius has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Latin

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Ancient Greek

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Sibling ideas

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