Luciana is a feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...

of Roman origin, a variation of the masculine name

Lucius Lucius ( el, Λούκιος ''Loukios''; ett, Luvcie) is a male given name derived from '' Lucius'' (abbreviated ''L.''), one of the small group of common Latin forenames ('' praenomina'') found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius derives from ...

. The name is especially popular in Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Portugal and Romania. In Hungarian language the name is used as ''Luciána''.

List of people with the given name Luciana

Luciana Abreu Luciana Abreu Sodré Costa Real (born 25 May 1985) is a Portuguese singer, actress and television host. Luciana Abreu is known for her participation in ''Idolos'', for representing Portugal in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 as part of the pop- ...

, Portuguese singer and actress * Luciana Arrighi, Italian production designer *

Luciana Aymar Luciana Paula Aymar (; born 10 August 1977) is an Argentine retired field hockey player. She is the only player in history to receive the FIH Player of the Year Award eight times, and she is considered as the best female hockey player of all ti ...

, retired Argentine field hockey player *

Luciana Berger Luciana Clare Berger (; born 13 May 1981) is a British former Member of Parliament who was MP for Liverpool Wavertree from 2010 to 2019. Initially a member of Labour Co-op, in 2019 she left and co-founded The Independent Group, later Change UK ...

, British politician * Luciana Borio, American physician and public health administrator *

Luciana Braga Luciana Braga Ribeiro Ramos (born 16 December 1962) is a Brazilian actress. Career She made his television debut in 1986, in the soap opera ''Sinhá Moça''. She also appeared in the Rede Manchete in the soap operas ''Helena'', 1987, in which ...

, Brazilian actress *

Luciana Caporaso Luciana Caporaso (born 23 June 1973), simply known as Luciana, is a British singer. She is of English and Italian heritage. Career 1994–2006: Acting and ''One More River'' Caporaso made her acting debut in 1994, in the final episode on ...

, British singer *

Luciana Carro Luciana Carro (born March 23, 1981) is a Canadian actress best known for her appearances on the television series ''Battlestar Galactica'', ''Caprica'', and ''Falling Skies'' and in movies such as '' Two for the Money'' and ''Dr. Dolittle 3''.S ...

, Canadian actress * Luciana Castellari, Italian sprinter * Luciana Castellina, Italian politician and journalist *

Luciana Curtis Luciana Curtis (born December 12, 1976) is a Brazilian model.(17 February 2007Fashion '' :pt:Tribuna do Norte (Rio Grande do Norte)'' (in Portuguese) She was born in São Paulo to a Brazilian mother and an English father. She has been in advert ...

, Brazilian model * Luciana Diniz, Portuguese equestrian * Luciana dos Santos, Brazilian

long jumper The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

triple jumper The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

and sprinter. *

Luciana Duranti Luciana Duranti is an archival theorist and professor of archival science and diplomatics at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. She is a noted expert on diplomatics and e ...

, Canadian professor *

Luciana Maria Dionizio Luciana Maria Dionizio (born 24 July 1987), commonly known as Luciana, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ferroviária and the Brazilian national team. She participated at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Ea ...

, Brazilian footballer *

Luciana Frassati Gawronska Luciana Frassati Gawronska (18 August 1902 – 7 October 2007) was an Italian writer and author. Gawronska was a prominent anti-Nazi and anti-Fascist activist in both Poland and Italy and was considered a champion of Roman Catholic causes. Early ...

, Italian writer *

Luciana Genro Luciana Krebs Genro (Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, January 17, 1971) is a Brazilian politician, state deputy and one of the founders of the Socialism and Freedom Party (PSOL). In 2014, she was the PSOL nominee for President of Brazil. She came ...

, Brazilian politician *

Luciana Gilli Luciana Gilli (born 1944) is a former Italian film actress. During the 1960s she starred in a number of Italian films or European co-productions, particularly adventure stories and westerns.Weisser p.237 Her film debut was the role of Luciana ...

, Italian actress *

Luciana Gimenez Luciana Gimenez Morad (born November 3, 1969) is a Brazilian television host and former model. She became pregnant with Mick Jagger's child while he was unofficially married to super model Jerry Hall. DNA tests confirmed Lucas Maurice Morad-Ja ...

, Brazilian fashion model and TV show hostess of Lebanese origin *

Luciana Guindani Luciana Guindani (July 27, 1937 – January 2, 2020) was an Italian sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. She finished seventh in the K-2 500 m event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome , established_title = Founded , esta ...

, Italian canoeist *

Luciana Lamorgese Luciana Lamorgese (born 11 September 1953) is an Italian civil servant and prefect who served as minister of the interior in the governments of Prime Ministers Giuseppe Conte and Mario Draghi from 2019 to 2022. Early life and career Born in Po ...

, Italian civil servant and politician *

Luciana Littizzetto Luciana Littizzetto (born 29 October 1964) is an Italian comedy actress, shock jock and humor writer. Littizzetto is known in her home country for her irreverent gags, lampooning government ministers and church prelates alike. Nicknamed "Luciani ...

, Italian actress *

Luciana León Luciana Milagros León Romero (born 30 June 1978) is a Peruvian politician ( APRA). She is the daughter of Rómulo León Alegría, a well known politician in Peru. Education Luciana León holds a law degree from the University of Lima and a ...

, Peruvian politician *

Luciana Masante Luciana Masante (born 4 December 1978) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Masante began competing on tour in 1995 and featured mostly on the ITF Circuit, during her career. Her best performance on the WTA Tour The WTA Tour is a ...

, Argentine tennis player * Luciana Mello, Brazilian singer and professional dancer * Luciana Mendoza, Argentine handball player * Luciana Mocchi, Uruguayan singer and composer * Luciana Molina, Argentine field hockey player * Luciana Morales Mendoza, Peruvian chess player * Luciana Nascimento, Brazilian volleyball player *

Luciana Paluzzi Luciana Paluzzi (born 10 June 1937) is an Italian actress. She is perhaps best known for playing SPECTRE assassin Fiona Volpe in the fourth James Bond film, '' Thunderball'', but she had important roles in notable films of the 1960s and 1970s in ...

, Italian actress * Luciana Pedraza, Argentine actress and director * Luciana Pezzoni, Italian gymnast * Luciana Popescu, Romanian handball player *

Luciana Ravizzi Luciana Ravizzi (born 1982) is an Argentine retired ballerina who graduated from The Royal Ballet School and was a Soloist with Scottish Ballet until her retirement in 2015. Early life Luciana Ravizzi was born in 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argenti ...

, Argentine ballerina *

Luciana Salazar Luciana Salazar (born 7 November 1980) is an Argentine model, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Biography Modeling Salazar started her career as a model at the age of four, when she shot her first television commercial. As a teenager, she b ...

, Argentine glamour model * Luciana Salvadó, Argentine handball player * Luciana Sandoval, Salvadoran television presenter * Luciana Santos, Brazilian engineer and politician * Luciana Santos de Lima, Brazilian singer and songwriter *

Luciana Savignano Luciana Savignano (born 30 November 1943) is an Italian ballet dancer. Life and career Luciana Savignano was born in Milan and trained at the Ballet School of La Scala and at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. In 1968 she was chosen by Mario Pistoni ...

, Italian ballerina *

Luciana Sbarbati Luciana Sbarbati (born 10 May 1946 in Rome) is an Italian politician. She is a substitute for the Committee on Budgets and a member of the Delegation to the EU-Romania Joint Parliamentary Committee. Biography Graduated in philosophy and psyc ...

, Italian politician * Luciana Serra, Italian soprano *

Luciana Souza Luciana Souza (born 12 July 1966) is a Brazilian jazz singer and composer who also works in classical and chamber music. Her song ''Muita Bobeira'' was featured as a music sample on Windows Vista. Music career Grammy winner Luciana Souza is one ...

, Brazilian jazz singer and composer * Luciana Tella, Brazilian tennis player *

Luciana Turina Luciana Turina (born 13 August 1946) is an Italian singer, actress and television personality. Life and career Born in Malavicina di Roverbella, Province of Mantua, Turina started her professional career as singer in 1965, participating at ...

, Italian singer, actress and television personality * Luciana Val, Argentine photographer

Fictional characters

* Luciana Mazzei, a fictional character from the anime/manga '' Strike Witches'' * Luciana, the daughter of Giovani who fell in love with Erik from Susan Kay's Phantom. * Luciana, a character in the Joseph Heller novel ''

Catch-22 ''Catch-22'' is a satirical war novel by American author Joseph Heller. He began writing it in 1953; the novel was first published in 1961. Often cited as one of the most significant novels of the twentieth century, it uses a distinctive non-ch ...

'' * Luciana Galvez, a fictional character from the television show '' Fear the Walking Dead''

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