A famous bearer was Lucinda "Lucy" Westenra, a character from Bram Stoker's legendary horror novel "Dracula". She was the main character's best friend, and one of Dracula's first victims.
Lucinda is the name of the fairy godmother in the young adults' fantasy book Ella Enchanted, written by Gail Carson Levine. The character of Lucinda is played by Vivica A. Fox in the movie spun off by the book.
Lucinda is my middle name and although I rarely use it, except when filling in a form, I really like it. I try to get people to guess what my middle name is and no one has ever guessed correctly (so far). I have always thought that my first and middle names, Jennifer Lucinda make me sound as if I should be wearing jodpurs and riding in Point to Point events!
I think this is a really nice name that suits all ages, and all attitudes (characters). Yes, great name, I recommend you use it if you like it, because it's neither overly common nor extremely rare, which makes it very lovely. :)
My name is Lucinda, and I find it somewhat sad that hardly anyone calls me that, abandoning it in favor of the shorter and easier-to-remember "Lucy". Whenever I tell people my name, they tend to ask if I prefer to be called something else. I suppose they might think that I'm embarrassed by it... though I don't really see why. I know that I've only ever met two other people called Lucinda in my life. I like that it's quite a unique name.