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Luce

Female#558 most common in Croatia879 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Light (Dalmatian form of Lucija)
Origin:
Latin

About the name Luce

A Dalmatian form of Lucija, from Latin 'lux' ('light'). A traditional coastal Croatian name.

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
December 13 (sv. Lucija)

Popularity with newborns

  • Girls · 2025 · 107 births · #39 that year
Position on the annual list
Luce — Position on the annual list#39#40#41#42#43202320242025

Positions come from the annual top 50 published for each sex. A gap in the line means the name finished below 50th that year, not that no child was given it.

People with this name in Croatia

879 people in Croatia are called Luce, according to the 2021 census. That is #558 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Luce is recorded in 13 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaDubrovačko-neretvanskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKarlovačkaLičko-senjskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

CroatianCoastalSaint's nameReligiousModerately common

Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.