Lucretia
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Lucretia Mott was an outspoken leader of the antislavery and women's rights movements in America. First Lady Lucretia (nickname Crete) Garfield was very well-educated, and a devoted wife and mother.
-- Stitchwitch D 7/10/2005
Lucretia Prewett is Sirius and Regulus' Aunt in the Harry Potter series.
-- Jeana Bradbury 2/20/2006
My friend's name is VERY similar to this. Her name is Lacretia. But it is pronounced La-crish-a not La-cre-sha.
-- Sarasponda 8/8/2006
Perhaps the name has a relation to the word "lucre", meaning "profit", which is derived from Latin "lucrum". [noted -ed]
-- Anonymous User 12/24/2006
NO, the pronunciation is Loo-CREE-sha.
-- TheLastMontague 4/14/2007
Lucretia Merces of Suikoden V.
-- Anonymous User 4/17/2007
My father almost named me Lucretia, after his grandmother. However, my mom thought of nothing but Lucretia Borgia, the infamous poisoner, and saved me from having the name. Goodness, I'd have been named Lucretia Cassandra were it up to him. Lucky would be a cute nickname, though.
-- doodlebug 5/12/2007
Lucretia is the name of Sephiroth's mother in the game Final Fantasy VII and its spinoffs. She was also the love interest of Vincent Valentine.
-- LGS 5/20/2007
In the movie John Tucker Must Die (a very funny movie, by the way), Lucretia is a very, very, very minor character. She is the gothic girl in gym class who insists to the teacher that "My name is Lucretia!"
-- MissMackenzie 8/8/2007
Lucretia Tox is a character in Charles Dickens' novel "Dombey and Son."
-- Kate 9/8/2007
This is an absolutely beautiful name but I wouldn't feel happy naming my daughter after a victim of rape. It'd be like calling her Philomel or something. I don't know how many people would be aware of the namesake, though.
-- Elspeth 1/16/2008
A famous Lucretia was Lucretia Borzia, famous for allegedly poisoning more than a dozen men.
-- Aileena 4/22/2008
The reputation of Lucrezia Borgia as a poisoner seems to have been undeserved. Her father, Rodrigo (the pope!), and brother Cesare, on the other hand, were mighty nasty characters.
-- Kosta 9/22/2008
Yeah, Lucrezia Borgia was nowhere near as bad as she was made out to be in myth. In fact, not a whole lot is known about her, besides that she was a member of a horrible and powerful family.
-- Clytemnestra 8/13/2009
The original Roman/Italian pronunciation is LOOK-RE-TSIA! and famous beautiful Borgia was not so much poisoner, but lover of her father (the pope) and three of her brothers, and about 50 another men.
-- Anonymous User 9/19/2009
"Lucretia, My Reflection" is an awesome song by the 80s 'gothic rock' band The Sisters of Mercy.
-- erb816 5/23/2010
There's an Earth, Wind and Fire song called "Lucretia MacEvil", which is pretty catchy actually.
-- Clytemnestra 9/18/2010
It's okay... something makes me think the nicknames are better, though.
-- rooball 1/20/2011
I like this name, but I like Lucrezia even better.
-- SerenaM 5/28/2011
Lucretia Garfield was the wife of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. She served as First Lady of the United States in 1881.
-- Anonymous User 7/19/2012
Am I the only one who thinks this is a ghetto name?
-- Anonymous User 1/28/2013
I find out about this name when I heard about Lucretia Mott. I really hate the sound of this name. It sounds so ugly and harsh.
-- Anonymous User 2/7/2015
Actually, I've changed my mind over what I said about the name Lucretia. I don't have a problem with this name at all anymore. I think this name is beautiful and unique. :) You never expect names that you originally dislike to grow on you! :D.
-- Anonymous User 7/25/2015
The mythical Lucretia committed suicide after her "defilement", because honor demanded it. It's a good name for a tragic character, someone who blithely follows what honor demands to the detriment of herself or others, but I wouldn't name a kid this.
-- Janet Brown 3/3/2015
What a strong, beautiful, awesome name.
-- IEnjoyTonsOGoodNames 6/7/2015
The first thing that comes to my mind when I hear this name is Lucrezia Borgia. So, I don't know what to think about that at all...
-- Anonymous User 8/15/2016
Lucretia is a Megadeth song.
-- ERK 12/24/2016
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