Lucia

Meaning and origin of Lucia

Popularity of Lucia in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Lucia has been rising (+7.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Lucia every 9.2 schools, all spellings combined.

Lucia in English-speaking countries

Lucia ranks 80^th in Northern Ireland, 90^th in Scotland and 94^th in New Zealand, against 234^th in France.

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  80^th girls’ name74 babies in 3 years1 girl in 304+10% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  94^th girls’ name122 babies in 3 years1 girl in 344+7.3% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  90^th girls’ name142 babies in 3 years1 girl in 383+7.7% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  113^th girls’ name132 babies in 3 years1 girl in 491+4.4% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  98^th girls’ name8,117 babies in 3 years1 girl in 595+10.1% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  165^th girls’ name57 babies in 3 years1 girl in 696

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  179^th girls’ name825 babies in 3 years1 girl in 931+3.8% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  265^th girls’ name131 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,179+7.8% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Lucia, Lùcia, Lucïa and Lucía are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Lùcia190
• Lucïa5
• Lucíaabroad
• Lucya (in French)20

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Lucia

• Lilya
• Lilia
• Lily-Rose
• Liana
• Paloma
• Laïa
• Diana
• Violette
• Augustine
• Rosalie
• Nélia
• Célestine

See also

• →French names of Latin origin