Baby name

FADING GIRL · BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE-LATIN
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Lucelia

/loo · SEH · lee · ah/


“Unknown”

Brazilian Portuguese elaboration of Lucia, adding the diminutive suffix -elia; a name that exists almost exclusively in Brazil and carries a warm regional identity.

lu · celia

strongwarm

How it ages.

Firmly mid-century Brazilian; charming in context, dated outside it.

The cultural moment.

Common in Brazil from the 1950s through 1980s; rare in current registrations.