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What does Lucinda mean?
Lucinda 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced loo-SEEN-dah. It is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Lucinda is "light". Variant of Lucy. Mythology: Lucine was the Roman goddess of childbirth, giver of first light to the newborn. Popular in the 18th century. See also Luz.
ASSOCIATED WITH light, mythology, roman, goddess, 18th century
Variations
VARIANTS Cindy▼, Loucinda, Lucena, Lucina, Lucinda▼, Lucinna, Lusine
SEE ALSO Alcinda, Clarinda, Cynthia
OTHER FORMS VIA LUCY, LUZ Lucetta, Luci, Lucia▲, Luciana▲, Lucianna, Lucida, Lucie, Lucienne, Lucile▼, Lucilia, Lucilla, Lucille▼, Lucine, Lucita, Lucyja, Lucyna, Lucza, Lusita, Luziana, Luzija
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lucinda Leigha (L.L.), ..
How popular is Lucinda?
Lucinda is a very popular first name for women (#526 out of 4276, Top 12%) but a rare last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Lucinda reached its peak rank of #209 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is currently at #1628. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Cindy (#1329 IN 2018), Clarinda, Cynthia (#693), Lucetta, Luci, Lucia (#183), Luciana (#349), Lucianna, Lucie (#1375), Lucienne, Lucile, Lucille (#295), Lucina, Lucy (#51) and Luz (#1003) are the popular varying forms of Lucinda (#1628) ranked in the Top 2000. Other variants, like Lusita, are seldom used. These forms of Lucinda reached the top of their popularity in the 1950s (MEDIAN #1171) and have become significantly less common since (#1306, ▼73%), with versions such as Cynthia becoming less stylish. Lucia and Luciana are two of the more trendy girl names in this compilation.
Similar Names
Lucinda▼ is pronounced similarly to Lacinda. Other recommended sound-alike names are Alacinda (see Alcinda), Alinda, Allcinda (see Alcinda), Arlinda, Arminda, Brinda, Celinda, Cinda, Corinda, Darinda, Dyrinda (see Dorinda), Elinda, Glinda, Guida, Gunilda, Jacinda, Jaconda, Jolinda, Kalinda, Lacina, Laina, Larinda, Laronda, Latina, Laurina, Laurinda, Lavina▼, Lavinia▼, Lawanda▼, Leanda, Lecia, Leida, Lenda, Leonda, Lina, Lind, Linda▼, Lindi, Lindka, Lindy▼, Linea, Linna, Livinia, Loida, Lorinda, Lovina, Lovinia, Luanda, Lucerna, Luciela, Lucila, Luiza, Lumina, Luminosa, Lundy, Luvena, Luvina, Luvinia, Luwana, Luzita, Lynda▼, Lynnda, Malinda▼, Marinda, Melinda▼, Minda, Olinda, Orinda, Ouida▼, Salinda, Secunda, Selinda, Velinda and Yalinda. These names tend to be less frequently used than Lucinda.
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