Lucinda
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning light-giving; a form of Lucy.
Lucinda by the numbers
In 2025, 24 babies in England and Wales were named Lucinda. In the US, 154 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 1,023 babies in 1957, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Lucy
Like Lucinda, each of these traces back to Lucy: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Lucillelight-giving or luminous; a form of Lucy1,197 in the US (2017)
- Lucielight-giving; a form of Lucy49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lucilight-bringing; a variant of Lucy61 in the US (2017)
- Lucilelight-giving; a form of Lucy29 in the US (2017)
- Lucjafrom lucus (grove); Polish form of Lucy8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lucettelittle light; a diminutive of Lucy7 in the US (2017)
- Luceylight; a form of Lucy6 in the US (2017)
- Lucelylight-giving; a form of Lucy5 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lucinda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lucinaof childbirth; roman goddess of light29 in the US (2017)
- Luciafrom Lucius; light-bearing284 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lucianalight-giving; feminine form of lucian782 in the US (2017)
- Lindapretty or beautiful404 in the US (2017)
- Luciannalight-giving; a form of lucia101 in the US (2017)
- Lucilalight-giving; a form of Lucia18 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Lucinda, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lucinda
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