Lucy

English variation of Lucia, Latin

"light"

Updated Wed Nov 29 2023

Lucy Origin and Meaning

The name Lucy is a girl's name of English, Latin origin meaning "light".

Lucy is both saucy and solid, a saint's name and heroine of several great novels. First fashionable in England and Wales, Lucy is now popular in the US as well.

The English form of the Roman Lucia, Lucy derives from the Latin word "lux" meaning "light." Lucy and Lucia were at one time given to girls born at dawn. Lucy can alternatively be spelled Luci or Lucie.

Lucy is associated with characters as diverse as the bossy Lucy in Peanuts, the psychedelic "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," and the madcap I Love Lucy. Lucy Lockit was featured in John Gay's comic opera The Beggar's Opera; Lucy Snowe is a main character in Charlotte Brontë's novel Villette.

Currently, Lucy Liu has imparted a new strength to the name; Lucy Stone was an important American activist. Lucy is one of the most popular girls' names starting with L.

# 48 in the US

Lucy Rank in US Top 1000

# 25 on Nameberry

Lucy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lucy Popularity

48US2022
25Nameberry2023
39Future2028
85England2021
18Scotland2022
16Ireland2022
30Australia2022
20New Zealand2022
95Germany2021
150Netherlands2015
127Switzerland2022
4Dogs2022
4Cats2022
66Canada2022

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Famous People Named Lucy

Lucille Désirée "Lucy" BallAmerican actress
Lucy StoneAmerican suffragist and abolitionist
Lucy Alexis LiuAmerican actress
Lucille Frances "Lucy" LawlessNew Zealand actress
Lucy Maud (L.M.) MontgomeryCanadian novelist
Lucy BurnsAmerican suffragist
Karen Lucille "Lucy" HaleAmerican actress & singer
Lucinda Margaret "Lucy" GrealyAmerican poet
LucyMae Beacock, English actress
Lucy Rose (Parton)English singer,songwriter
Lucy Gordonpen name of Christine Sparks Fiorotto, English novelist

Lucy GordonEnglish model/actress
Lucy Ursula GriffithsEnglish actress
Lucy KaplanskyAmerican singer,songwriter
Lucy Louise KnisleyAmerican cartoonist and musician
Lucy Haeran KohAmerican federal judge
Lucy KellawayEnglish journalist
Lucy LippardAmerican author and critic
Lucy McKenzieScottish artist
Lucy Eldine Gonzalez ParsonsAmerican labor activist
Lucy OrtaEnglish visual artist

Lucy WalkerEnglish film director
Lucy SpragganEnglish musician
Lucy DeakinsAmerican actress
Lucy DanzigerAmerican magazine editor
Lucy Elizabeth FryAustralian actress
Lucy ThurberAmerican playwright
Lucy OwenWelsh news anchor
Lucy Wainwright RocheAmerican singer,songwriter
Lucy O'BrienEnglish author and journalist
Lucy TorresGomez, Filipina actress

Lucy PunchEnglish actress
Lucy ChampionIrish singer of music group Anuna
Lucia Roberta "Lucy" Tough BronzeEnglish football player
Lucy KaneEnglish singer; daughter of model Linda Lusardi and Samuel Kane
Lucy Chet DeVitoAmerican actress, daughter of actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman
LucyBelle Guthrie, daughter of Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins
Lucy Shackelldaughter of actress Fiona Fullerton and Neil Shackell
Lucy Jane Bonindaughter of author Jennifer Weiner Bonin
Lucy Jane Savant (b. 2005)daughter of actors Laura Leighton and Doug Savant
Lucy Elizabeth Linch (b. 2007)daughter of legal commentator and TV host Nancy Grace

Lucy Brown (b. 2008)daughter of singer Zac Brown
Lucy Vallelydaughter of pro skateboarder Mike Vallely
Lucy Jean Bemis (b. 2013)daughter of singers Sherri DuPree of Eisley and Max Bemis of Say Anything
Lucy Thomas Manning (b. 2013)daughter of football player Eli Manning
Lucy Marie Wolf (b. 2014)daughter of actor Scott Wolf
Lucy Day (b. 2015)daughter of golfer Jason Day
Lucy Iglesias (b. 2017)daughter of Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias and former pro tennis player Anna Kournikova
Lucy Deru (b. 2018)daughter of YouTube vloggers Julie & Landon Deru of Deru Crew Vlogs
Lucy Katherine PinderEnglish Model & Actress

Lucy in Pop Culture

Lucy Pevensiecharacter in "The Chronicles of Narnia" book series
Lucille "Lucy" van Peltcharacter in the Peanuts series
Lucy Ricardocharacter on TV's "I Love Lucy" played by Lucille Ball
Lucy Honeychurchcharacter in "A Room with a View"
Lucy Condonmain character on TV's "Alien Dawn"
Lucy Shapirocharacter in "Good In Bed"
Lucycharacter in "Living Dead Girl" by Elizabeth Scott
Lucy PearlR&B group
Lucy Snowemain character in "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte
Lucy Gringecharacter from the Septimus Heap series
Lucy Weasleydaughter of Percy and Audrey Weasley in the Harry Potter series

Lucy LaneLois Lane's younger sister in the DC Universe
Lucydoll in Maurice Sendak's "Little Bear"
"Put Your Shoes On Lucy" song performed by Petula Clark and Anne Shelton
Lucy Rippinghallcharacter in G. A. Henty's, Friends Though Divided
Lucy Diamondcharacter in movie D.E.B.S
"Lucy" song by the band Skillet
Lucycharacter from TV's "The Big Bang Theory"
Lucy WhitmoreDrew Barrymore's character in movie "50 First Dates"
"Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds"song by The Beatles
Lucy Quinn Fabraycharacter on TV's "Glee"

Lucycharacter in movie "Across the Universe"
Lucy Morancharacter on TV's "Twin Peaks"
Lucycharacter in anime "Elfen Lied"
Lucy Coecharacter on soap "General Hospital"
Lucy McClanedaughter in the Die Hard movies
Lucy Westenracharacter in "Dracula"
Lucy Muirmain character in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"
Lucy Proekcharacter on TV's "Fortysomething"
"Lucy" song by Hanson
Lucy the Elephantlandmark

"Lucy in the Sky"anonymously written novel
Lucy Kingstoncharacter in G. A. Henty's, With Lee in Virginia
Lucy Saxoncharacter on TV's "Doctor Who"
Lucy Messercharacter on TV's "CSI:NY"
Lucy Carlylecharacter in "Lockwood & Co"
Lucy Katherine Bealecharacter on British soap "Eastenders"
Lucy aka "Wild Style" in "The Lego Movie"
Lucy CamdenKinkirk, character on TV's "7th Heaven"
Lucy Barkercharacter in the musical and movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Lucycharacter on TV's "The Bletchley Circle"

Lucy Clintoncharacter in G. A. Henty's, The Dash for Khartoum
Lucy Spillercharacter from TV's Dirt
Lucy Steelecharacter in 'Sense and Sensibility' by Jane Austen
Lucy Stillmana character in the video game series, 'Assassin's Creed'
Lucy Oreillcharacter in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
Lucy Louda character from the Nickelodeon cartoon "The Loud House"
Lucy Ewingcharacter on TV's "Dallas"
Lucy Pennykettlecharacter in the book "The Fire Within" (2001)
Lucyname used for one of the earliest humanoid bodies discovered
Lucy Heartfiliacharacter in the anime Fairy Tail

Lucy Patterson charecter in the novel "The Geogarphy of you and me" by Jennnifer E. Smith
Lucya character in Kiera Cass's "The Selection"
Lucy Harmoncharacter played by Liv Tyler in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty"
Lucy Marlowegenderqueer character in Taylor Robin's webcomic "Never Satisfied"
Lucy Prestoncharacter on TV's "Timeless"
Lucy Colacharacter in the 2019 film "Lucy in the Sky"
Lucy MillerScarlett Johansson's character in the 2014 film "Lucy"
Lucymain character of Margaret Atwood's short story "Death by Landscape"
Lucy Eleanor Moderatzmain character played by Sandra Bullock in "While You Were Sleeping"
Lucy Kelsonmain character played by Sandra Bullock in "Two Weeks Notice"