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 French (Lucie), Romanian, Italian, Spanish (Lucía), Portuguese (Lúcia), Greek (Λουκία), English, and Slavic languages.
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Given name
Saint Lucia (283–304), Christian saint and martyr (also known as Saint Lucy)
Sister Lúcia (1907–2005), one of three children who claimed to have seen and heard the Virgin Mary
Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919), American writer, teacher, social reformer
Lucia Albano (born 1965), Italian politician
Lucia Aniello (born 1983), Italian-born American director, writer, and producer
Lucia Apolzan (1911–2001), Romanian ethnographer, anthropologist
Lucia Berlin (1936–2004), American short story writer
Lucia Bosè (1931–2020), Italian actress
Lucia Bosetti (born 1989), Italian volleyball player
Lucia Bronze, better known as Lucy Bronze (b. 1991), English footballer, played as Lucia Bronze at some youth level
Lucia Bronzetti (born 1998), Italian tennis player
Lucia Ciampi (born 1950), Italian politician
Lucia Cifarelli (born 1970), member of industrial band KMFDM
Lucia Dalmasso (born 1997), Italian snowboarder
Lucia Dvorská (born 1988), Slovak model
Lucía Etxebarria de Asteinza (born 1966), Spanish writer
Łucja Frey (Polish spelling; 1889–1942?), Polish physician and neurologist
Lucia Field (born 2004), Australian dancer and singer children's entertainer, member of The Wiggles and daughter of Anthony Field
Lucia Galeazzi Galvani (1743–1788), Italian scientist
Lucía González (born 2006), Spanish rhythmic gymnast
Lucía González (born 2007), Argentine rhythmic gymnast
Lucía Hiriart de Pinochet (1923–2021), widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet
Lucia Ruggles Holman (1793–1886), teacher and letter writer; first American woman to sail around the world
Lucía Jiménez (born 1978), Spanish actress
Lucía Jiménez Vicente (born 1997), Spanish field hockey player
Lucia Joyce (1907–1982), dancer
Lucia Kimani (born 1981), Bosnian athlete
Lucia Krim, American child killed along with her brother by their nanny in 2012
Lucia Kurilovská (born 1967), Slovak politician
Lucía Lacarra (born 1975), Spanish ballet dancer
Lúcia G. Lohmann, Brazilian botanist
Lucía López (born 1974), Spanish field hockey player
Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005), Brazilian writer
Lucia Mbuti, Namibian politician
Lucia Mendez (born 1955), Mexican actress and singer
Lucia Micarelli (born 1983), American violinist
Lucia Migliaccio, Duchess of Floridia (1770–1826)
Lúcia Moniz (born 1976), Portuguese singer and actress
Lucía Muñoz (born 2008), Spanish rhythmic gymnast
Lucia Nimcová (born 1977), Slovak photographer
Lucia Pamela (1904–2002), musician
Lúcia Petterle (born 1949), Brazilian doctor and beauty queen
Lucía Pinochet (born 1943), daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and Lucía Hiriart de Pinochet
Lucia Plaváková (born 1984), Slovak politician
Lucia Popp (1939–1993), operatic soprano
Lucia Puttrich (born 1961), German politician
Lucia Rijker (born 1967), Dutch professional boxer
Lucía Rodríguez (athlete) (born 1998), Spanish athlete
Lucia Runkle (1844–1922), American editorial writer
Lucia Siposová (born 1980), stage, television and film actress
Lucía Spangenberg, Uruguayan bioinformatician researcher and co-founder of the biotech startup GenLives
Lucia Toader (1960–2013), Romanian rower
Lucía Topolansky (born 1944), Uruguayan politician
Lucía Trasviña Waldenrath, Mexican politician
Lucía Val (born 2004), Spanish canoeist
Lucía Villalón (born 1988), Spanish sports journalist and television presenter
Lucia Virasinghe-Chinnappa (1894–1980), Sri Lankan medical doctor
Lucía Zaráte (1863–1890), Mexican entertainer
Lucia Zedner (born 1961), British legal scholar
Surname
Bruno Lucia (born 1960), Australian stand-up comedian and performer
Carmen Lucia (1902–1985), union organizer in the United States
Douglas Lucia (born 1963), U.S. Catholic bishop
Fedez (born as Federico Leonardo Lucia in 1989), Italian rapper
Fernando de Lucia (1860/1861–1925), Italian tenor
Gina Lucia, American artist
Ray Lucia (born 1950), American financial advisor, author and radio and television host
Fictional characters
Lucia Ashton, the title character of Lucia di Lammermoor, a 1836 opera by Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia Morgan, a playable character in Final Fight 3 and Street Fighter V
Lucia Raregroove, a major enemy in the Japanese manga/anime series Rave Master
Lucia von Bardas, Marvel Comics villainess'
Lucia (Devil May Cry), a playable character in Devil May Cry 2
One of the title characters of Mapp and Lucia, a series of novels by E. F. Benson