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Laquinda
How to Pronounce Laquinda
Pronounced luh-KWIN-duh /ləˈkwɪndə/Medium
Meaning: Laquinda is a coined American name that joins the fashionable La- prefix with a -quinda ending echoing Quinta, from Latin 'quintus,' fifth, and the classic name Lucinda. The La- opening carries no fixed meaning of its own; the name is prized for its flowing, rhythmic sound.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Laquinda is one of the many invented names built on the La- prefix that flourished in the nineteen-seventies and eighties. Its ending recalls Quinta, from the Latin 'quintus,' fifth, and the graceful Lucinda, a seventeenth-century literary name tied to 'light.' Together the parts make a melodic coinage rather than a name with one traditional meaning.
Laquinda was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak around 1982, and it faded by the mid-nineteen-nineties. A girl named Laquinda then is now in her forties, part of the generation that made the La- prefix a signature style.
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What does the name Laquinda mean?
It is a coined name joining the La- prefix with a -quinda ending that echoes Quinta ('fifth') and Lucinda.
How do you pronounce Laquinda?
It is said luh-KWIN-duh, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Laquinda a boy or girl name?
Laquinda is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Laquinda?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the early nineteen-eighties.