Lucia is both a feminine given name and a surname. It comes from the Latin word ''Lux'' meaning 'light'. It is the feminine form of the Roman praenomen

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 ...

and can be alternatively spelled as

Lucy Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Lu ...

. It is used in Romanian, Italian, Spanish (Lucía), Portuguese (Lúcia), English, and Slavic languages.

Given name

Sister Lúcia Lúcia de Jesus Rosa dos Santos, OCD, (28 March 1907 – 13 February 2005) also known as ''Lúcia of Fátima'' and by her religious name ''Maria Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart'', was a Portuguese Catholic Discalced Carmelite ...

(1907–2005), one of three children who claimed to have seen and heard the Virgin Mary * Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919), American writer, teacher, social reformer *

Lucia Albano Lucia Albano (born 11 February 1965) is an Italian politician. She is a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Brothers of Italy. She joined Parliament in October 2020. In November 2022, she was appointed Undersecretary of State for Econom ...

(born 1965), Italian politician *

Lucia Aniello Lucia Aniello (born 1983) is an Italian-born American director, writer, and producer best known for her work on ''Hacks (TV series), Hacks'', for which she won multiple Emmy Awards, and ''Broad City.'' She has directed and written episodes of bot ...

(born 1983), Italian-born American director, writer, and producer *

Lucia Berlin Lucia Brown Berlin (November 12, 1936 – November 12, 2004) was an American short story writer. She had a small, devoted following, but did not reach a mass audience during her lifetime. She rose to sudden literary fame in 2015, eleven years aft ...

(1936–2004), American short story writer *

Lucia Bosè Lucia Bosè (28 January 1931 – 23 March 2020) was an Italian actress. Life and career Lucia Bosè was born in Milan to Francesca Borloni and Domenico Bosè. After a number of years working in a bakery, Pasticceria Galli, in her native city, ...

(1931–2020), Italian actress *

Lucia Bosetti Lucia Bosetti (born 9 July 1989, Tradate) is an Italian professional volleyball player. She plays for Italy women's national volleyball team. She has competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the daughter of Giuseppe Bosetti, former coach of ...

(b. 1989), Italian volleyball player * Lucia Bronze, better known as Lucy Bronze (b. 1991), English footballer, played as Lucia Bronze at some youth level *

Lucia Cifarelli Lucia Cifarelli (born September 23, 1970) is an American musician, best known for her work with industrial band KMFDM. She was formerly the vocalist for the band Drill and also performed in KMFDM offshoots MDFMK, KGC, and Schwein. Career Ci ...

(b. 1970), member of industrial band KMFDM *

Lucía Etxebarria ''Lucía'' is a 1968 Cuban black-and-white drama film directed by Humberto Solás, and written by Solás, Julio García Espinosa and Nelson Rodríguez. It was the winner of the Golden Prize and the Prix FIPRESCI at the 6th Moscow International F ...

de Asteinza (b. 1966), Spanish writer * Łucja Frey (Polish spelling) (1889–1942?), Polish physician and neurologist * Lucia Galeazzi Galvani (1743–1788), Italian scientist * Lucía Hiriart de Pinochet (born 1922), widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet *

Lucía Jiménez Lucía Jiménez Arranz (born 21 November 1978) is a Spanish actress. She started with a David Trueba movie, ''La Buena Vida'', and she became very popular thanks to the TV series ''Al salir de clase ''Al salir de clase'' is a Spanish teen ...

(born 1978), Spanish actress *

Lucia Joyce Lucia Anna Joyce (26 July 1907, Trieste – 12 December 1982, Northampton) was a professional dancer and the daughter of Irish writer James Joyce and Nora Barnacle. Once treated by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung, Joyce was diagnosed as schizophr ...

(1907–1982), dancer *

Lucia Kimani Lucia Kimani Mwahiki-Marčetić (born 21 June 1981) is a Kenyan-born Bosnian long-distance runner who holds four Bosnian records over different distances. In 2004, she married her Bosnian Serb husband Siniša Marčetić. They met earlier that y ...

(b. 1981), Bosnian athlete * Lucia Krim, American child killed along with her brother by their nanny in 2012 * Lucía Lacarra (born 1975), Spanish ballet dancer * Lucía López (b. 1974), Spanish field hockey player * Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005), Brazilian writer *

Lucia Mendez Lucia may refer to: Arts and culture * ''Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás * ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film * '' Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA'' * "Lucia", a Swedish c ...

(b. 1955), Mexican actress and singer *

Lucia Micarelli Lucia Micarelli (born July 9, 1983) is an American violinist, singer and actress best known for her collaborations with Josh Groban, Chris Botti and classic rock band Jethro Tull, and her role as Annie Talarico in '' Treme''. Early life Born ...

(b. 1983), American violinist *

Lucia Migliaccio Lucia Migliaccio, Duchessa di Floridia (19 July 1770, in Syracuse, Sicily – 26 April 1826, in Naples) was the second wife of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. Their marriage was morganatic and Lucia was never a queen consort.Genealogisches Handbu ...

, Duchess of Floridia (1770–1826) *

Lúcia Moniz Ana Lúcia Pereira Moniz (born 9 September 1976) is a Portuguese singer and actress. Moniz represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 and has released five music albums She has also acted in several television shows, in theat ...

(b. 1976), Portuguese singer and actress *

Lucia Pamela Lucia Pamela (May 1, 1904 – July 25, 2002) was an American musician, nightclub singer, bandleader, and eccentric. She is remembered today largely for a science fiction themed musical album and coloring book concerning an imaginary trip to the M ...

(1904–2002), musician * Lúcia Petterle (born 1949), Brazilian doctor and beauty queen * Lucía Pinochet (born 1943), daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and Lucía Hiriart de Pinochet *

Lucia Popp Lucia Popp (born Lucia Poppová; 12 November 193916 November 1993) was a Slovak operatic soprano. She began her career as a soubrette, and later moved into the light-lyric and lyric coloratura soprano repertoire and then the lighter Richard Str ...

(1939–1993), operatic soprano *

Lucia Rijker Lucia Frederica Rijker (; born December 6, 1967) is a Dutch professional boxer, kickboxer, and actress. Rijker was sometimes dubbed by the press "The Most Dangerous Woman in the World". Early career Rijker speaks four languages and is a Bu ...

(born 1967), Dutch professional boxer * Lucía Rodríguez (born 1998), Spanish athlete * Lucia Runkle (1844–1922), American editorial writer * Lucia Siposová (born 1980), stage, television and film actress * Lucia Toader (1960–2013), Romanian rower *

Lucía Topolansky Lucía Topolansky Saavedra (born 25 September 1944) is a Uruguayan politician who served as the 17th Vice President of Uruguay from September 2017 to March 2020. She was a Senator from 2005 to 2017. She also served as the First Lady of Uruguay ...

(born 1944), Uruguayan politician * Lucía Trasviña Waldenrath, Mexican politician * Lucía Jiménez Vicente (b. 1997), Spanish field hockey player * Lucía Zaráte (1863–1890), Mexican entertainer *

Lucia Zedner Lucia Zedner, FBA (born 20 February 1961) is a British legal scholar, who is Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Oxford and a senior fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Biography Zedner obtained her doctorate from Nuffield Colle ...

(born 1961), British legal scholar

Surname

Bruno Lucia Bruno Lucia (born 27 January 1960) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor and performer. With his bald, clean-shaven head, and Italian descent, Lucia became popular in the early 1990s with his role as entertainment agent Wayne Lovett on tele ...

(b. 1960), Australian stand-up comedian and performer * Carmen Lucia (1902–1985), union organizer in the United States * Douglas Lucia (b. 1963), U.S. Catholic bishop *

Fernando de Lucia Fernando De Lucia (11 October 1860 or 1 September 1861 – 21 February 1925) was an Italian opera tenor and singing teacher who enjoyed an international career. De Lucia was admired in his lifetime as a striking exponent of verismo parts — ...

, Italian tenor * Gina Lucia, American artist *

Ray Lucia Raymond Joseph Lucia, Sr. is an American former Certified Financial Planner, former Registered Investment Advisor, author, radio personality and television host. He is host of ''The Ray Lucia Show'', a nationally syndicated radio and television fi ...

(born 1950), American financial advisor, author and radio and television host

Fictional characters

* Lucia, a playable character in '' Contra: Shattered Soldier,'' and boss in its sequel, ''

Neo Contra is the tenth video game in the Contra (series), ''Contra'' series published by Konami. It was developed by Team Neo Kijirushi, a group of staff members within Konami#Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, and re ...

'' * Lucia Morgan, a playable character in ''

Final Fight 3 ''Final Fight 3'', released in Japan as , is a side-scrolling beat 'em up by Capcom originally released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. It is the second sequel to ''Final Fight'' released for the Super NES, following ''Fina ...

'' and ''

Street Fighter V ''Street Fighter V'' is a fighting game developed by Capcom and Dimps and published by Capcom for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows, Windows in 2016. An Arcade game, arcade version exclusive to Japan was released by Taito in 2019. Similar to th ...

'' * Lucia, a playable character in '' Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'' and '' Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn''. * Lucia Raregroove, a major enemy in the Japanese manga/anime series ''Rave Master'' * Lucia (Suikoden), a character in ''Suikoden II'' and ''Suikoden III'' *

Lucia von Bardas Vagabond Vagabond (real name Priscilla Lyons) is the former partner & girlfriend of Nomad (Jack Monroe). She prevented Black Racer's assassination attempt on Sidewinder. She thwarted and captured Dr. Karl Malus during his attempt to take over P ...

, Marvel Comics villainess * Lucia, a popstar and golfer in '' Pangya'' * Lucia, the main heroine of '' Lunar: Eternal Blue'' * Lucia Nanami, the main protagonist of ''

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch is a ''shōjo'' manga and anime series created by Michiko Yokote, with artwork by Pink Hanamori. The manga was originally published in the monthly shōjo manga anthology ''Nakayoshi''. There are 32 chapters published (including two spec ...

'' series * Lucia Konohana, a main heroine in the

Key Key or The Key may refer to: Common meanings * Key (cryptography), a piece of information that controls the operation of a cryptography algorithm * Key (lock), device used to control access to places or facilities restricted by a lock * Key (map ...

visual novel '' Rewrite'' * Lucia, a playable character in ''

Devil May Cry 2 is a 2003 action-adventure hack and slash game developed and published by Capcom. It was released from January to March, originally for the PlayStation 2. In terms of chronological order, the game's events are set after ''Devil May Cry'' and pri ...

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