Lucia

See also: lucia, lucía, lúcia, Lúcia, and Lucía

English

Etymology

Latinate variant of Lucy, or today borrowed from modern Italian. Name of a Sicilian martyr, Latin Lūcia, feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lūcius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈsiːə/, /ˈluː.ʃə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːə
• Rhymes: -uːʃə

Proper noun

Lucia

1. A female given name from Latin.

Derived terms

• Saint Lucia
• Santa Lucia fir

Related terms

• Santa Lucia

Translations

female given name — see Lucy

Anagrams

• aulic, cauli

German

Alternative forms

• Luzia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [luˈt͡siːa], [ˈluːt͡si̯a]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lucia f (genitive Lucias or Lucia)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy

Related terms

• Lucie, Luzie

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /luˈt͡ʃi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: Lu‧cì‧a

Proper noun

Lucia f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy

Anagrams

• cauli, ciula

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of Lūcius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫuː.ki.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈluː.t͡ʃi.a]

Proper noun

Lūcia f (genitive Lūciae, masculine Lūcius); first declension

1. A feminine praenomen.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Lūcia	Lūciae
genitive	Lūciae	Lūciārum
dative	Lūciae	Lūciīs
accusative	Lūciam	Lūciās
ablative	Lūciā	Lūciīs
vocative	Lūcia	Lūciae

Descendants

• English: Lucy
• Italian: Lucia
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Luzia
  • Portuguese: Luzia
• → Portuguese: Lúcia

References

• “Lūcia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlu.tʃja]

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lucia f (genitive/dative Luciei, male equivalent Lucian)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫut͡sia/

Proper noun

Lucia f (genitive singular Lucie, nominative plural Lucie, declension pattern of ulica)

1. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Lucia

	singular	plural
nominative	Lucia	Lucie
genitive	Lucie	Lucií
dative	Lucii	Luciám
accusative	Luciu	Lucie
locative	Lucii	Luciách
instrumental	Luciou	Luciami

Derived terms

• Luca
• Lucinka
• Lucka

Further reading

• “Lucia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɵˈsiːˌa/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lucia c (genitive Lucias)

1. A female Sicilian martyr and saint (Saint Lucy), celebrated December 13, as the only saint to be celebrated in the otherwise Lutheran Scandinavia.
2. December 13th
3. a female given name, equivalent to English Lucy

Synonyms

• Sankta Lucia (the saint)
• Luciadagen (December 13th)