Lucinda is an elaboration of Lucia, from the Latin lux, and means "light". Cervantes created the name for a character in Don Quixote, and it was fashionable in 18th- and 19th-century England and America, where it often became Cindy or Lucy. Lucinda peaked at number 1257 in the United States in 2010 and ranks number 1750 among girls' names in 2025.