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 [ syll. lu-ci-na, luc-ina ] The girl name Lucina is pronounced LuwCHIYNah KEY. Lucina is of Latin origin and it is used largely in the English language. The meaning of the name is 'she who brings children into light'. The name was borne in Roman mythology by Juno, the queen of the gods; Lucina was her epithet. The name Lucina was originally from the element lucus ('grove'), named after a grove of lotus trees on the Esquiline Hill in which a 375 BC temple was dedicated to the goddess and tended by the Vestal virgins. By 2 BC, the goddess was associated with childbirth as 'lucina' was thought to derive from the Latin element lux ('light'). The meaning of the name thus came to be known as 'she who brings children into the light'. In addition, Lucina is a variant of Lucy (English). Lucina is also a pet form (English) of Lucia (Czech, English, German, Hungarian, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish). Lucina is irregularly used as a baby girl name. It is not listed in the top 1000. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly linked to Lucina, Lucy (English) was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Lucina include Lagina (English), Lakenya (English), Lakshana (Indian), Lashannon (English), Lashauna (English), Lashawna (English), Lashona (English), Lasonya (English), Liljana (Slavic), Luciana (English, Italian, and Spanish), Luciane (English), Lucienne (French and German), Lucyna (Polish), Luisina (Spanish), Lakshmi (Indian), Lashaun (English), Lashawn (English), Lashon (English), Leighan (English), and Lexine (English). KEY: approx pronunciation for Lucina: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; CH as in "cheese (CH.IY.Z)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
