Lucinda

**Lucinda** is a female given name. It is of Latin origin, meaning *light*. The name can be abbreviated as either Lucy or Cindy, altough some less common abbreviations are also possible. The name was originally used exclusively as an elaboration of the name Lucia. It first appeared in the 17th century when it was used as a name of a character in Miguel Cervantes's 1605 work *Don Quixote*. In the 17th century the name was in use primarily in works of fiction. A variant spelling **Lucinde** was used for a character by Molière in the 1665 farce *Le Médecin malgré lui* (*The doctor in spite of himself*) and later by Friedrich von Schlegel in the 1799 novel simply titled *Lucinde*. By the 1700s the name began being widely used for girls and has, since then, been used commonly in the Anglosphere.

The name may refer to:

## People

* Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Australian actress
* Lucinda Ballard (1906–1993), American costume designer
* Lucinda Banister Chandler (1828–1911), American social reformer, author
* Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne, Scottish chef and writer
* Lucinda Collins, Australian pianist
* Lucinda Cowden (born 1965), actress on the Australian soap opera *Neighbours*
* Lucinda Creighton (born 1980), Irish politician
* Lucinda Foote, American student
* Lucinda Barbour Helm (1839–1897), American author, editor, women's religious activist
* Lucinda Jenney (born 1954), American actress
* Lucinda Pullar (born 1998), commonly known as Lulu Pullar, Australian rules footballer and former soccer player
* Lucinda Riley (1965–2021), Northern Irish author and actress
* Lucinda Todd (1903–1996), African-American teacher and education activist
* Lucinda Williams (born 1953), American rock, folk and country music singer and songwriter
* Lucinda Williams (born 1937), American athlete
* Lucinda Sanders (born 1954), commonly known as Lucy Sanders, CEO and co-founder of the National Center for Women & Information Technology
* Lucinda Hinsdale Stone (1814–1900), American feminist, educator, traveler, writer, philanthropist

## Fictional characters

* Lucinda Walsh, a fictional character on the CBS soap opera *As the World Turns*
* Lucinda Embry, a haunted girl who predicted apocalyptic events through numerology in the film *Knowing*
* Lucinda Leplastrier, the heroine from Peter Carey's 1988 novel *Oscar and Lucinda*
* Lucinda Merrill, wife of protagonist Neddy Merrill in John Cheever's 1964 short story "The Swimmer"
* Lucinda, a fictional witch character in the television series *Sofia the First*
* Lucinda Allen, RJ's childhood crush, and later, his girlfriend, in the novel *Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins*
* Lucinda Perriweather, a well-meaning but misguided and often unhelpful fairy who gave the "gift" of obedience to Ella in the film *Ella Enchanted*
* Lucinda Koppelthorn, a character from Metal Gear Acid 2
* Lucinda "Lucy" Abernathy, the female protagonist, and love interest of Gregory Bridgerton, in the eighth and final book in the Bridgerton Series, "On the Way to the Wedding"

## Songs

* "Lucinda", by Tom Waits from the album *Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards*
* "Lucinda", by The Knack from the album *Get the Knack*
* "Lucinda", by post punk industrial funk band A Certain Ratio, from the album *Sextet*

## Others

* Lucinda, Queensland, a town in Australia
* *Lucinda* (steam yacht), a steam yacht of the Queensland Government

## References

https://www.behindthename.com/name/lucinda