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]

Lucinda
Pronunciation/ljˈsɪndə/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameLatin
Meaning"light"
Other names
Related namesLucia, Lucy, Cindy

The name may refer to:

People

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Fictional characters

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  • Lucinda Walsh, a fictional character on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns
  • Lucinda Embry, a haunted girl who predicted apocalyptic events through numerology in the film Knowing
  • Lucinda Leplastrier, the heroine from Peter Carey's 1988 novel Oscar and Lucinda
  • Lucinda Merrill, wife of protagonist Neddy Merrill in John Cheever's 1964 short story "The Swimmer"
  • Lucinda, a fictional witch character in the television series Sofia the First
  • Lucinda Allen, RJ's childhood crush, and later, his girlfriend, in the novel Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
  • Lucinda Perriweather, a well-meaning but misguided and often unhelpful fairy who gave the "gift" of obedience to Ella in the film Ella Enchanted
  • Lucinda Koppelthorn, a character from the video game Metal Gear Acid 2
  • Lucinda "Luce" Price is the main protagonist of The Fallen series .
  • Lucinda "Lucy" Abernathy, the female protagonist, and love interest of Gregory Bridgerton, in the eighth and final book in the Bridgerton Series, On the Way to the Wedding

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Others

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References

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  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.