Lucija

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Lucija

Say it: LOO-tsee-yah

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Meaning

Croatian form of Lucia, from Latin lux 'light'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Among the most popular Croatian girls' names in the 2000s.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

27 babies given this name since 2003
At its height in 2019, about 1 in 278,400 girls
Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Slovene	Lucija
Czech	Lucie

Names worth a look

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BoženaGirlFrom Slavic bog 'god', with the sense 'divine' or 'blessed by God'.Early Medieval · forgotten

BiljanaGirlUsually derived from South Slavic bilje 'herbs, plants'.Victorian

Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.