Lucinda (given name)

This article is about the given name Lucinda. For other uses, see Lucinda (disambiguation).
Lucinda
Pronunciation/ljuːˈsɪndə/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameLatin
Meaning"light"
Other names
Related namesLucia, Lucy, Cindy

Lucinda is a female given name of Latin origin, meaning light.[1] It can be abbreviated as Lucy or Cindy. The name, which originated as an elaboration of the name Lucia, was first used for a character in Miguel Cervantes's 1605 work Don Quixote but was in use primarily in works of fiction in the 17th century. The variant "Lucinde" was used for a character by Molière in the 1665 farce Le Médecin malgré lui and later by Friedrich von Schlegel in the 1799 novel Lucinde. The name was well-used for girls in England by the 1700s and has been used since that time in the Anglosphere.[2]

The name may refer to:

  1. ^ Baby Names - lucinda
  2. ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). Oxford Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 0-19-861060-2.