Entry № 6073 · Latin origin

Lucina Lucina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ loo-SEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Latin
Meaning
"Light, goddess of childbirth"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Latin)

A name that means "light, goddess of childbirth".

Lucina comes from the Latin lux, meaning "light" — referring to a baby first seeing light. Juno Lucina was the Roman goddess of childbirth, invoked by women in labor.

Lucina is rare as a given name but rising as part of the Latin revival.

Light. The Roman goddess of childbirth.

The name in its native script.

Lucina
Transliteration
Lucina
Pronunciation
/ luːˈsiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Lucina stands.

Lucina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Lucinas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Lucina
Roman goddess of childbirth.
Roman mythology

Names connected to Lucina.

The number behind Lucina.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Lucina reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.