Lucinda
Lucinda around the world
One shared root links 10 names across 5 languages.
Shared root: from Latin lux "light", through the Roman Lucius and its feminine Lucia
The constellation
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lucinda peaked in the 1950s.
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Popularity in Brazil
9,134 people · the #1,829 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 22,222 · median age 64
Among people named Lucinda living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Lucinda
Most people given the name Lucinda in the United States were born between 1950 and 1989. The Lucinda you meet today is most often in her 50s or 60s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Lucinda deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Lucinda truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Lucinda fits with your family’s names and surname.
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