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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese (Modern, Rare)
Scripts 光愛, 瑠亜, 留智亜, 琉千明, etc.(Japanese Kanji) るちあ(Japanese Hiragana) ルチア(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
Japanese borrowing of Italian Lucia.
It can also be written in kanji, combining an ru kanji, like 瑠/琉, part of part of 瑠璃/琉璃 (ruri) meaning "lapis lazuli," or 留 meaning "stop," (usually) a chi kanji, such as 智 meaning "wisdom" or 千 meaning "thousand," and an a kanji, like 愛 meaning "love, affection," 亜 or 明 meaning "bright." The last kanji can also be preceded by 光, meaning "light; ray, beam, glow," in reference to its borrowing.This name is very rarely used.
It can also be written in kanji, combining an ru kanji, like 瑠/琉, part of part of 瑠璃/琉璃 (ruri) meaning "lapis lazuli," or 留 meaning "stop," (usually) a chi kanji, such as 智 meaning "wisdom" or 千 meaning "thousand," and an a kanji, like 愛 meaning "love, affection," 亜 or 明 meaning "bright." The last kanji can also be preceded by 光, meaning "light; ray, beam, glow," in reference to its borrowing.This name is very rarely used.