Luchia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- loo-CHEE-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Luchia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “light”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Luchia mean?
Latin: spelling of Lucia
“light”
A spelling of Lucia, from Latin lux 'light', showing the Italian 'loo-CHEE-a' sound.
Is Luchia a girl's or a boy's name?
Luchia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Luchia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Luchia, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 girls.
2025 had more girls named Luchia than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Luchia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 366 girls in the UK were given Luchia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #175, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Lucia 357
- Luchia 9
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Luchia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Nicknames for Luchia
- Lucy 494 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Luchia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola Mia Julia Sophia Lilia Oliwia Livia Amelia Luana Lily Olivia Marcia
Other spellings of Luchia
Names related to Luchia
More Latin names
Oliver Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Luchia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luchia, updated 20 October 2026.