Lucinda

Gender Feminine
Usage English, Portuguese, Literature
Pronounced Pron. loo-SIN-də(English)  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

An elaboration of Lucia created by Cervantes for his novel Don Quixote (1605). It was subsequently used by Molière in his play The Doctor in Spite of Himself (1666).

Related Names

VariantsLucia(English) Lúcia, Luzia(Portuguese)
DiminutivesCinda, Cindy, Lulu, Sindy(English)
Other Languages & CulturesLucia, Lucilla(Ancient Roman) Llúcia(Catalan) Lucija(Croatian) Lucie(Czech) Lucia(Danish) Lucia, Luus(Dutch) Lucie, Luce, Lucette, Lucile, Lucille, Lucinde(French) Lucia, Luzia(German) Luca, Lúcia(Hungarian) Luce, Lucia, Lucetta, Lucilla(Italian) Lūcija(Latvian) Liucija(Lithuanian) Lucia(Norwegian) Łucja(Polish) Lucia(Romanian) Liùsaidh(Scottish Gaelic) Lucia(Slovak) Lucija(Slovene) Lucía, Luz, Lucila(Spanish) Lucero(Spanish (Latin American)) Lucero(Spanish (Mexican)) Lucia(Swedish)

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Categories

Cheers characters, country music singers, currently out of the US top 1000, Dishonored characters, elaborated forms, ends in -da, feminine forms, invented, isograms, light, literature, The Dukes of Hazzard characters, Virginia Woolf characters, wives of Joseph Smith
Entry updated November 16, 2019