Lucia (name)

Lucia

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	Light
Region of origin	Latin
Other names
Related names	Lucy, Luci, Luce, Lucie, Lucey, Lucio, Lucile, Luciana, Luciano, Lucinda, Cindy, Luca, Luz, Lucija
Popularity	see popular names

Lucia is both a feminine given name and a surname. It comes from the Latin word Lux meaning 'light'. It is the feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lucius and can be alternatively spelled as Lucy. It is used in Romanian, Italian, Spanish (Lucía), Portuguese (Lúcia), English, and Slavic languages.

Given name

• 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 (born 1922), 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
• Lucía Lacarra (born 1975), Spanish ballet dancer
• Lucía López (b. 1974), Spanish field hockey player
• 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 (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

See also

• Lucia (disambiguation)
• Santa Lucia (disambiguation)