Lucretia Forename

40,193rd
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 18,393 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Lucretia Forename Definition:

This now rare original of the obsolete Lucrece derives from either Latin lucrum, ‘gain’ or ‘profit’, or from lux, ‘light.’ Cf. Lucius and Lucy.

Lucretia Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
11,0441:32,8272,183
Romania
100%
3,1901:6,286551
South Africa
100%
1,3951:39,0924,336
Moldova
100%
3731:9,547459
Spain
100%
3101:150,0973,557
Suriname
100%
2631:2,102491
Liberia
100%
2551:17,3021,264
Netherlands
100%
1811:93,3824,985
England
100%
1731:321,4047,954
Belgium
100%
1121:102,5903,502
Saint Lucia
100%
1111:1,602293
Tanzania
100%
1071:493,34914,131
Germany
100%
931:1,039,5478,007
Jamaica-861:33,5262,222
Canada
100%
701:473,33412,733
Switzerland
100%
601:136,8923,748
Guyana
100%
601:12,7211,814
Indonesia-561:4,606,494186,712
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
501:27,2282,966
New Zealand-461:98,6104,238
Zimbabwe
100%
421:367,23418,418
Botswana
100%
371:59,0395,548
Namibia-361:66,7833,675
Australia-241:569,0688,566
Nigeria
100%
191:9,345,493111,831
Sweden
100%
131:758,30116,746
Austria
100%
131:654,9395,517
Northern Mariana Islands-121:4,556750
Belize
100%
121:29,5262,824
Italy
100%
111:5,551,09924,143
Wales
100%
111:281,3014,460
Saint Kitts and Nevis-71:7,8371,103
Jordan
100%
71:1,260,9686,027
Brazil
100%
71:30,605,165257,261
China-71:195,150,82673,144
Antigua and Barbuda-61:16,5662,341
Thailand
100%
61:11,677,636152,954
Greece
100%
61:1,822,42510,706
France
100%
61:11,078,39032,981
United States Virgin Islands-51:21,9492,239
Turkey
100%
51:15,560,34240,635
Philippines
100%
51:21,201,895240,180
Zambia-41:3,963,69831,018
Malawi
100%
41:4,278,07813,569
Gambia-41:481,649818
Ecuador-41:4,431,73016,276
Singapore-31:2,095,68522,815
Malaysia
100%
31:10,149,980208,386
Barbados-21:144,8942,643
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
21:55,7904,636
Scotland
100%
21:2,675,18318,328
India
100%
21:607,438,9864,324,298
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Taiwan-11:23,769,682193,280
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Transnistria
100%
11:475,6382,115
Curaçao-11:155,8031,239
Bahamas-11:399,3704,606
Cyprus-11:871,0765,368
Aruba-11:103,7802,838
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Northern Ireland-11:1,843,1463,737
Montserrat-11:4,876752
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Hong Kong-11:7,752,72520,144
Guatemala-11:16,108,42913,998
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Lesotho
100%
11:2,039,99747,971
Ghana-11:26,986,21613,521
Mexico-11:124,144,427140,512
Micronesia-11:106,5001,462
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Gabon-11:1,883,3364,538
Egypt-11:91,900,94653,283
Dominican Republic-11:10,431,27030,761
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Poland
100%
11:38,027,1129,241
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Denmark-11:5,649,49828,429

Lucretia (17) may also be a surname.

Lucretia Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This now rare original of the obsolete Lucrece derives from either Latin lucrum, ‘gain’ or ‘profit’, or from lux, ‘light.’ Cf. Lucius and Lucy.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A name derived from Lucretia, a celebrated Roman lady, daughter of Lucretius, and wife of Tarquinius Collatinus; a feminine form of Lucretius, derived from lucrum, gain, profit, advantage. Mr. Arthur says Lucretia is a name proper for a good housewife.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

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