Girl · Latin
Lucrezia
Say it: loo-KRET-tsyah
Meaning
From the Roman family name Lucretius, of uncertain origin; a link to Latin lucrum 'profit' has been suggested but is not established.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
The Roman heroine Lucretia made it a Renaissance favourite among noble families, and it is in use again in Italy.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 337 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 2013, about 1 in 103,100 girls
- 10 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Lucretia |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Lucrecia |
| Latin | Lucretia |
Famous bearers
- Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara
- Lucrezia Tornabuoni, mother of Lorenzo de' Medici
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- Royal and noble genealogies
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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