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American variant of Lucia as a first name and it's a Russian surname.

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It's my wife's name. People frequently mispronounce it, but ultimately love it.

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My wife's name is Luria (LUR e ah). Her parents were going to name her Lucia, but didn't want her to be nicknamed Lucia. They changed the c to an r and invented "Luria." Later we discovered it is a Russian surname. There is a famous scientist named A.R. Luria and a former Florida department chain store called Luria's

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