Lucija is Croatian and Slovenian form of female name
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 ...
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, the name Lucija was the most common feminine given name between 2000 and 2011.
Notable people with the name include:
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Lucija Bešen
Lucija Bešen (born 29 March 1998) is a Croatian handballer for RK Podravka Koprivnica and the Croatian national team.
She represented Croatia at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.
Her older sister Gabrijela Bartulović (née BeŠ...
(born 1998), Croatian handball player
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Lucija ÄŒok (born 1941), Slovene linguist
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Lucija Larisi (born 1975), Slovenian biathlete
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Lucija Lesjak (born 1999), Croatian karateka
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Lucija Mlinar
Lucija Mlinar (born 6 May 1995) is a Croatian volleyball player. She plays as outside hitter for Turkish club Edremit Bld. Altınoluk.
International career
She is a member of the Croatia women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 20 ...
(born 1995), Croatian volleyball player
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Lucija Mori
Lucija Mori (born 31 January 1988) is a Slovenian international football goalkeeper currently playing for Soccer Women Carinthians in the Austrian league. She has also played in her country and for Serie A's ACF Brescia.
She has been the first ...
(born 1988), Slovenian footballer
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(born 1984), Slovenian judoka
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Dragana Lucija Ratković Aydemir
Dragana Lucija Ratković Aydemir (Zagreb, 24 September 1969), is a Croatian art historian, museum professional, scholar, and entrepreneur in culture and tourism. She lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia; Istanbul and Çeşme, Turkey.
Education an ...
(born 1969), Croatian art historian
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Marija Lucija Stupica
Marija Lucija Stupica (13 December 1950 – 28 May 2002) was a Slovene children's book illustrator.
Stupica was born in Ljubljana in 1950. She was the daughter of the acclaimed Slovene illustrator Marlenka Stupica and famous painter Gabrijel S ...
(1950–2002), Slovene children's book illustrator
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Lucija Šerbedžija
Lucija Šerbedžija (born 8 June 1973) is a Croatian theatre and film actress and model, a daughter of actor, Rade, and a sister of film director, Danilo Šerbedžija. She is probably best known in the English-speaking world for her role in '' T ...
(born 1973), Croatian actor and model
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Lucija Zaninović
Lucija Zaninović (born 26 June 1987, in Split) is a Croatian taekwondo practitioner. She is the twin sister of taekwondo practitioner Ana Zaninović.
Zaninović won the gold medal in the women's flyweight class at the 2010 European Taekwondo C ...
(born 1987), Croatian taekwondo practitioner
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Lucia (name)
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 and can be alternatively spelled as Lucy. It is used in Romanian, Italian, Spanish (Lucà ...
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Luca (feminine given name)
Luca is used in Hungary and Croatia as a feminine given name, equivalent to Lucy in English, but pronounced differently. In Eastern Europe and particularly the Balkans the cognate masculine name is Luka.
Notable people with the name include:
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Luce (name)
Luce is an American, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French and Italian surname. It is also a French and Italian feminine given name, variant of Lucia and Lucy, or masculine name, variant of Luc (given name). Meaning of given name Luce is "li ...
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Croatian feminine given names
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