Lucinda (given name)
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This article is about the given name Lucinda. For other uses, see Lucinda (disambiguation).
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]
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Pronunciation | /ljuːˈsɪndə/ |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Latin |
Meaning | "light" |
Other names | |
Related names | Lucia, Lucy, Cindy |
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