Lucina: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Lucina – Meaning: she who brings into the light – Origin: Latin – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: loo-SEE-nah


Lucina is a Latin girl's name meaning “she who brings into the light”. It appears in 3 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Lucina

Meaning: She who brings into the light.

Origin: Latin.

A common claim: "light, moonlight" Actually: Lucina is sometimes glossed as 'moonlight,' but her core meaning is about the light of birth; any moon association comes only from her occasional overlap with the moon-linked goddess Diana, not from her own etymology.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Lucina

Phonetic: loo-SEE-nah   IPA: /luːˈsiːnə/

Popularity of Lucina

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1880–2024.

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