Lucia

## Other Names

### Related Names

Lucy, Luci, Luce, Lucie, Lucey, Lucio, Lucile, Luciana, Luciano, Lucinda, Cindy, Luca, Luz, Lucija

**Lucia** is a feminine given name. It is also in use as a surname. It is a derivative of the Latin word *Lux* meaning 'light'. It is also the feminine form of the Roman given name (praenomen) Lucius. Alternatively the name Lucy is also a derivative of the same Latin word and thus is an alternative form of the name. It is used in French as **Lucie**, in Romanian, Italian, Spanish as **Lucía**, Portuguese as **Lúcia**, and in English and Slavic languages as **Lucia**. The Polish spelling of the name is **Łucja**.

The name has been used in England since as early as the 12th century. The name became used mostly by those practicing religion due to its religious importance as the name of Saint Lucia which is widely revered as the patron saint of the blind. Despite the spelling Lucia being common, in English speaking countries the spelling *Lucy* has always been more popular. Another form of the name in English is **Luce**, but the spelling variant has not been widely used for several centuries.

The same Latin word *Lux* is also the source of the word for light in modern day Romance languages, itself a sub-branch of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family. The words are *lumière* in French, *lumină* in Romanian, *luz* in Spanish and Portuguese and luce in Italian. Despite that, the words for light derived from the Latin word in modern day Romance languages are not used as given names.

## Given name

* Saint Lucia (283–304), Christian saint and martyr (also known as Saint Lucy)
* Sister Lúcia (1907–2005), one of three children who claimed to have seen and heard the Virgin Mary
* Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919), American writer, teacher, social reformer
* Lucia Albano (born 1965), Italian politician
* Lucia Aniello (born 1983), Italian-born American director, writer, and producer
* Lucia Berlin (1936–2004), American short story writer
* Lucia Bosè (1931–2020), Italian actress
* Lucia Bosetti (b. 1989), Italian volleyball player
* Lucia Bronze, better known as Lucy Bronze (b. 1991), English footballer, played as Lucia Bronze at some youth level
* Lucia Cifarelli (b. 1970), member of industrial band KMFDM
* Lucía Etxebarria de Asteinza (b. 1966), Spanish writer
* Łucja Frey (Polish spelling) (1889–1942?), Polish physician and neurologist
* Lucia Galeazzi Galvani (1743–1788), Italian scientist
* Lucía Hiriart de Pinochet (1923–2021), widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet
* Lucía Jiménez (born 1978), Spanish actress
* Lucia Joyce (1907–1982), dancer
* Lucia Kimani (b. 1981), Bosnian athlete
* Lucia Krim, American child killed along with her brother by their nanny in 2012
* Lucia Kurilovská (born 1967), Slovak politician
* Lucía Lacarra (born 1975), Spanish ballet dancer
* Lucía López (b. 1974), Spanish field hockey player
* Lucia Lovelace, German bass music producer known as Voltra
* Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005), Brazilian writer
* Lucia Mendez (b. 1955), Mexican actress and singer
* Lucia Micarelli (b. 1983), American violinist
* Lucia Migliaccio, Duchess of Floridia (1770–1826)
* Lúcia Moniz (b. 1976), Portuguese singer and actress
* Lucia Pamela (1904–2002), musician
* Lúcia Petterle (born 1949), Brazilian doctor and beauty queen
* Lucía Pinochet (born 1943), daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and Lucía Hiriart de Pinochet
* Lucia Popp (1939–1993), operatic soprano
* Lucia Rijker (born 1967), Dutch professional boxer
* Lucía Rodríguez (athlete) (born 1998), Spanish athlete
* Lucia Runkle (1844–1922), American editorial writer
* Lucia Siposová (born 1980), stage, television and film actress
* Lucia Toader (1960–2013), Romanian rower
* Lucía Topolansky (born 1944), Uruguayan politician
* Lucía Trasviña Waldenrath, Mexican politician
* Lucía Jiménez Vicente (b. 1997), Spanish field hockey player
* Lucía Zaráte (1863–1890), Mexican entertainer
* Lucia Zedner (born 1961), British legal scholar

## Surname

* Bruno Lucia (b. 1960), Australian stand-up comedian and performer
* Carmen Lucia (1902–1985), union organizer in the United States
* Douglas Lucia (b. 1963), U.S. Catholic bishop
* Fernando de Lucia, Italian tenor
* Gina Lucia, American artist
* Ray Lucia (born 1950), American financial advisor, author and radio and television host

## Fictional characters

* Lucia, a playable character in *Contra: Shattered Soldier,* and boss in its sequel, *Neo Contra*
* Lucia Morgan, a playable character in *Final Fight 3* and *Street Fighter V*
* Lucia, a playable character in *Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance* and *Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn*.
* Lucia Raregroove, a major enemy in the Japanese manga/anime series *Rave Master*
* Lucia (Suikoden), a character in *Suikoden II* and *Suikoden III*
* Lucia von Bardas, Marvel Comics villainess
* Lucia, a popstar and golfer in *Pangya*
* Lucia, the main heroine of *Lunar: Eternal Blue*
* Lucia Nanami, the main protagonist of *Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch* series
* Lucia Konohana, a main heroine in the Key visual novel *Rewrite*
* Lucia, a playable character in *Devil May Cry 2*