LUCASTA  

Gender: F
Origin: Literary name
Meaning: "pure light"

This name was invented by Richard Lovelace for a collection of poems dedicated to a lover named Lucy, and is familiar through the Eugene O'Neill play "Anna Lucasta." A logical extension of the Luke/Luc/Luca names.

Lucasta is being discussed in our message boards:

• Help Me Guess the Name!
• Which names do you prefer ?
• Rethinking our girl names -please help with alternatives
• Girls' Name Combos
• Name that Vampire Family!

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