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My name is Lucinda. Growing up I hated it. My nickname is Cindi. I was named after a great grandmother. Now that I am older I am getting to like it more. But I am the only Lucinda wherever I go.

I had a similar experience growing up and not liking that my name was different. I was called Luci by my family, but now that I'm older I absolutely love my name and I'm glad it is unusual, which generally makes it more memorable.

Personal experiences with the name Lucinda: | Edit

I am a Lucinda, and proud to be one, my name has been passed down my family on my mothers side for at least 4 genrations, Im proud to carry on the name, I have to say when i was younger i didnt really like it, but now people do comment that it is a nice name and unusual! not common, My friends do shorten it to lu, (dont like lucy, childs name) My mum was called Lucinda, but some how her name got shortenedto linda,

I belive i am true to my name meaning, i work in a caring field and love the small things in life!

I was almost named Lucinda Rose after my Grandmother, but my parents named me Kateri instead

Nicknames for Lucinda: | Edit

Lucy, Cindy, Cinda, Lucinderella, Lux, Lulu, Luci, Lu

Meanings and history of the name Lucinda: | Edit

I too am a Lucinda and two of my uncles have always called me Suzie Q. My full name is Lucinda Sue and have always been Cindy. At work I am Lucinda as that is what is on the app. when I started and it is cool to be a bit of a differant world other than life at home! As a child, it did not like to be called Lucinda but a few of my dear friends from high school called me Lucinda and it was just how it was.

Famous real-life people named Lucinda: | Edit

Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter

Lucinda in song, story & screen: | Edit

Lucinda Leplastrier, the heroine of "Oscar and Lucinda," a 1988 novel by Peter Carey and the 1997 film based on the novel, directed by Gillian Armstrong.

Lope de Vega, a 17th-century Spanish poet, wrote sonnets to a woman he called "Lucinda," though this was a pseudonym.

Lucinda, one of the dolls in the Beatrix Potter story 'The Tale of Two Bad Mice'.

Lucinda Chapdelaine, the main character of the book "The Amaranth Enchantment" by Julie Berry.

Lucinda Walsh, a character from the soap opera "As the World Turns"

Lucinda, a fairy character from the book "Ella Enchanted"