as a First Name
Derivative of Lucia, with the addition of the productive suffix -inda. The formation is first found in Cervantes's Don Quixote (1605), but was not much in use in the 17th century except as a literary name. Lucinde was used by both Molière (in Le Médecin malgré lui, 1665) and Friedrich von Schlegel (in his novel Lucinde, 1799). It enjoyed considerable popularity in England in the 18th century, and has been in use ever since.
| 904th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 39,121
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Mexico
- has the most people named Lucinda per capita
- 1953
- marked the height of its popularity
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