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Meaning of the nameLucinda

Lucinda is a female name of Latin origin, an elaboration of Lúcia created by Cervantes; Lúcia is the feminine of Lúcio, linked to Latin lux, 'light'.

Meaning

“elaboration of Lúcia, feminine of Lúcio, from Latin lux, 'light'”

Source: Behind the Name: Lucinda · Behind the Name: Lucia · Behind the Name: Lucius

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People (2022)
9,134
Rank in Brazil
#1,829
Median age
64 years
2010 Census
11,935
people

Lucinda in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lucinda, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (2,295 people).

9,087 women 47 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Lucinda is most common

States with the highest share of people named Lucinda in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.008%
  2. Mato Grosso 0.008%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.007%
  4. Rio Grande do Sul 0.007%
  5. Paraná 0.007%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,4500.006%
Rio de Janeiro8310.005%
Minas Gerais8110.004%
Paraná7470.007%
Rio Grande do Sul7200.007%
Santa Catarina6340.008%
Ceará3060.004%
Mato Grosso3050.008%
Pará2740.003%
Bahia2580.002%
Amazonas2380.006%
Maranhão2330.003%
Goiás2090.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul1940.007%
Pernambuco1760.002%
Espírito Santo1580.004%
Piauí1240.004%
Distrito Federal890.003%
Rondônia760.005%
Paraíba660.002%
Tocantins520.003%
Rio Grande do Norte480.002%
Acre450.005%
Roraima320.005%
Alagoas240.001%
Sergipe180.001%
Amapá160.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Lucinda

Behind the Name describes Lucinda as an elaboration of Lucia created by Cervantes for the novel Don Quixote (1605); in the English entry, Wiktionary analyzes it as Lucia plus the suffix -inda. Lucia is the feminine of Lucius, a Roman name that Behind the Name derives from Latin lux, 'light'. It is a name of older generations, almost always female. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,134 people named Lucinda, with a median age of 64. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Lucinda · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Lucia · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Lucius · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Lucinda · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lucinda · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Lucinda

What does the name Lucinda mean?

Lucinda means “elaboration of Lúcia, feminine of Lúcio, from Latin lux, 'light'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Lucinda in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,134 people with the first name Lucinda, which ranks it number 1,829 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Lucinda a boy's or a girl's name?

Lucinda is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 9,087 women and 47 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Lucinda?

Lucinda is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lucinda most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.008% of the state's population is named Lucinda (634 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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