Girl · Latin
Lucretia
Say it: loo-KREE-shuh
Meaning
Feminine of Lucretius, a Roman family name of uncertain origin, possibly linked to lucrum 'profit'.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Revived in Renaissance Italy and used in colonial and 19th-century America.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 10,422 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1882, about 1 in 1,700 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- Ancient Rome750 BC to AD 476
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Lucrezia |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Lucrecia |
| French | Lucrèce |
| Latin | Lucretia |
Famous bearers
- Lucretia, legendary Roman noblewoman
- Lucrezia Borgia
- Lucretia Mott, American abolitionist
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Well-known works of literature
- Colonial records of the Americas
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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