LUCY  

Gender: F
Origin: English, feminine variation of LUCIUS
Meaning: "light"

Popularity in 2008: #112

The eighth most popular name in England, Lucy is slowly but surely climbing the charts here as well, because it's so attractive on so many levels: it's both saucy and solid, a saint's name and heroine of several great novels, and is associated with characters as diverse as the bossy little girl in Peanuts, the psychedelic "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," and the madcap I Love Lucy.

Variations:
Cindie, Cindi, Loulou, Lu, Lucetta, Lucee, Lula, Lusita, Luce, Lou, Cindy

International Variations:
Lucie, Lucette, Lucinde, Lucienne, Lucida (French) Luzie, Luzi (German) Luiseach (Irish Gaelic) Luciella (Italian) Lucya, Lucyna (Polish) Luzia (Portuguese) Lizija (Russian) Luca, Luci, Lucika, Lucka (Slavic) Lucila, Luz, Lucia, Luciana, Lucilla, Lucinda (Spanish) Lleulu (Welsh)

People who like Lucy also like:

Ava, Lola, Cecilia, Claire, Clementine, Cordelia, Fiona, Iris, Ophelia, Wren, Asher, Jasper, Isaac, Quinn, Beckett

Lucy is being discussed in our message boards:

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• Cheaper By the Dozen
• Looking for classic & sweet-sounding girl's name
• Help Me Guess the Name!

Read Nameberry blog posts about Lucy:

• SCOTTISH BABY NAMES: What's 'in' in Inverness?
• IRISH NAMES NOW: What's doing in Dublin?
• VAMPIRE BABY NAMES
• NEW YORK BABY NAMES: Big competition in the Big Apple
• NAMES of the FUTURE