Meaning of the nameLucrécia

Female
Latin origin
Lu-cré-ci-a

Lucrécia is a feminine name of Latin origin, the feminine form of the Roman family name Lucretius, possibly linked to lucrum, 'profit, wealth'.

Meaning

“feminine form of the Roman name Lucretius, possibly from lucrum, 'profit, wealth'”

Source: Wiktionary: Lucretia · Behind the Name: Lucretia

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People (2022): 3,583
Rank in Brazil: #3,449
Median age: 42 years
2010 Census: 3,928; people

Lucrécia in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lucrécia, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (614 people).

3,565 women 0 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 Lucrécia is most common

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

Alagoas 0.005%
Pernambuco 0.004%
Paraíba 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.003%
Bahia 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	720	0.002%
Minas Gerais	558	0.003%
Pernambuco	374	0.004%
Bahia	289	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	273	0.002%
Alagoas	147	0.005%
Paraíba	132	0.003%
Paraná	128	0.001%
Ceará	91	0.001%
Goiás	88	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	87	0.001%
Piauí	80	0.002%
Mato Grosso	68	0.002%
Santa Catarina	67	0.001%
Amazonas	64	0.002%
Pará	61	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	52	0.002%
Espírito Santo	49	0.001%
Sergipe	46	0.002%
Maranhão	44	0.001%
Distrito Federal	43	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	34	0.001%
Tocantins	29	0.002%
Rondônia	27	0.002%
Acre	22	0.003%

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

About the name Lucrécia

Lucrécia comes from the Latin Lucretia, the feminine of the Roman family name Lucretius. Behind the Name says the name possibly derives from lucrum, 'profit, wealth', and Wiktionary gives the Latin lucrum, 'gain, profit', as the origin. The name is also remembered in the Roman legend of Lucretia. IBGE publishes names without accents; without the accent, Lucrecia is also the Spanish form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 3,583 people named Lucrecia, with a median age of 42. Proportionally, it is most common in Alagoas.

Sources

Wiktionary: Lucretia · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Lucretia · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Lucrecia (Spanish) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Lucrécia

What does the name Lucrécia mean?

Lucrécia means “feminine form of the Roman name Lucretius, possibly from lucrum, 'profit, wealth'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Lucrécia in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 3,583 people with the first name Lucrécia, which ranks it number 3,449 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Lucrécia a boy's or a girl's name?

Lucrécia is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 3,565 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Lucrécia?

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

In which Brazilian state is Lucrécia most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.005% of the state's population is named Lucrécia (147 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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