Łucja
An old name climbing back into use: more girls got it last year than in years past, and it now sits among the names Poles readily recognize. From the Latin *lux*, it carries one plain meaning: light.
Łucja Pronunciation
Łucja is pronounced WOOTS-yah (/ˈwut͡sja/).
What Łucja means
Where Łucja comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Łucja grows from the Latin lux, lucis, meaning light. The Roman name Lucius and its feminine Lucia share that root, and so does the French variant Lucie that some Polish families choose instead. The short meaning stays close to the source: światło.
The best known bearer is Saint Lucy of Syracuse, a fourth-century martyr whose feast falls on 13 December. In the older calendar her day sat near the winter solstice, when daylight runs shortest. That timing fixed the tie between the name and light in people's minds. The link came through her story. Sound had little to do with it.
Read a class register in a Polish school today and Łucja turns up now and then, never in a crowd. It has an antique ring that suits the paper of an official form at the urząd. The variant Lucie shortens the sound and travels easily across borders. Either way, the meaning holds: światło, light.
How many people are named Łucja
1 in 454 women in Poland is named Łucja. 49,652 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #189 among female names.
Łucja's popularity over time
1,901 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #40 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.
Where Łucja is most popular
Łucja is most popular in Pomeranian, 25% above the national average (1,116 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lublin (+23%) and Masovian (+12%). It is least common in Subcarpathian and Lubusz, 27% and 19% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian1,116 girls born+25%
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Lublin762 girls born+23%
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Masovian2,389 girls born+12%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian711 girls born+8%
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Opole287 girls born+3%
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Greater Poland1,308 girls born+1%
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Silesian1,347 girls born−2%
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Lower Silesian922 girls born−3%
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Warmian-Masurian406 girls born−6%
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Łódź710 girls born−7%
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Lesser Poland1,237 girls born−10%
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West Pomeranian451 girls born−12%
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Podlaskie341 girls born−14%
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Świętokrzyskie289 girls born−14%
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Lubusz242 girls born−19%
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Subcarpathian530 girls born−27%
Łucja as a middle name
Łucja is a first name for 49,652 women in Poland and a middle name for another 53,469, a 48/52 split — almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 49th, between Wanda (56,675) and Emilia (49,020).
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47
58,366Renata
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48
56,675Wanda
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4953,469Łucja
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50
49,020Emilia
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51
48,283Dominika