Lucretia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lucretia

What is the meaning of the name Lucretia ?

The baby name Lucretia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /luːˈkriːʃə/ — loo-KREE-shuh (alternative: /luːˈkreɪʃə/ — loo-KRAY-shuh).

Lucretia is Latin in Origin.

Lucretia is the English form of the Latin name Lucretia, a Roman family name possibly derived from lucrum “profit, wealth,” though some scholars suggest an Etruscan origin with obscure meaning. The name is indelibly linked to the virtuous Roman matron Lucretia, whose assault and suicide helped catalyze the fall of the Tarquin kings and the birth of the Republic.

Revived in Renaissance and early modern Europe as a symbol of chastity and civic virtue, Lucretia appeared in English from the 1600s and peaked in the 18th–19th centuries (e.g., reformer Lucretia Mott). International forms include Italian Lucrezia, Spanish Lucrecia, Portuguese Lucrécia, French Lucrèce, Catalan Lucrècia, Polish Lukrecja, and South Slavic/Lithuanian Lukrecija. Rare today in the Anglosphere, it carries a stately, antique aura. Possible nicknames are Lulu, Lu, Cretia, and Tia; the usual gloss remains “wealth” or “profit,” tempered by associations of integrity and resolve.