Given name
Lucrezia
“from Mount Lucretilis”
Lucrezia is a feminine given name. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lucrezia goes back to a word meaning “from Mount Lucretilis.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Lucrezia 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lucrezia 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
Lucrezia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 381
- 0 boys · 381 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,655 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,655 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 500 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.
Lucrezia’s family of names
Lucrezia developed from Lucretia. In English usage, Lucrezia has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Лукреция. Lucrezia has a related form in Lucretia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lucrezia
- Lucrezia BorgiaSpanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1480-1519)
- Lucrezia de' MediciItalian noblewoman and member of the Medici family1470–1553
- Lucrezia BarberiniItalian noble (1628-1699)
- Lucrezia AguiariItalian soprano1743–1783
- Lucrezia Orsina VizzanaItalian singer and composer1590–1662
- Lucrezia Donati15th-century Italian noble1447–1501
- Lucrezia StefaniniItalian female tennis playerborn 1998
- Lucrezia Lante della RovereItalian noblewoman and actressborn 1966
- Lucrezia BeccariItalian figure skaterborn 2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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