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Lucina
Say it: loo-SY-nuh
Meaning
From lux 'light'; Lucina was a title of Juno as goddess of childbirth, 'she who brings into the light'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Borne by early Roman Christian women remembered as patrons of the catacombs.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 1,402 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 18,200 girls
- 30 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Lucina |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Lucina |
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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