Lucy

LOO-see

English variation of Lucia, Latin

"light"

Lucy Origin and Meaning

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

A versatile classic, Lucy is both sweet and solid, a saint's name, and the heroine of several great novels. First fashionable in England and Wales, Lucy is now a popular choice in the US, The Netherlands, and New Zealand.

The English form of the Roman Lucia, Lucy derives from the Latin word lux, meaning “light.” Once given to girls born at dawn, Lucy is also associated with Saint Lucia, the patron saint of the blind.

Lucy has a wide range of namesakes, from the bossy friend in the Peanuts comic, to psychedelic "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," to the rash and zany heroine of I Love Lucy.

It is a name with a rich literary history, chosen for the heroines of Charlotte Brontë’s novel Villette, E.M. Forster’s A Room With A View, Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy, and C. S Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia - just to name a few.

Beyond fiction, Lucy Stone was an important American activist, Lucy Worsley is a successful author and historian, and Lucy Lui is an actress who has imparted strength and style to the name.

Simple but sophisticated, playful but grounded, it is no wonder Lucy is a popular choice. Given to over 4000 girls in the US each year, it is a classic that doesn’t feel dusty.

If you love Lucy, but don’t love its popularity, you could consider one of its many variants. From vintage Lucille, to the musical Lucetta, to the fresh, unexpected Lux; from nickname-y Lou to sleek Luciana, there are plenty of possibilities.

Lucy Rank in US Top 1000

# 40 in the US

Lucy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 23 on Nameberry

Lucy Popularity

• 40 US 2023
• 23 Nameberry 2024
• 51 Canada 2023
• 39 Future 2028
• 90 England 2022
• 20 Scotland 2023
• 14 Ireland 2023
• 29 Australia 2023
• 21 New Zealand 2023
• 95 Germany 2021
• 150 Netherlands 2015
• 186 Switzerland 2023
• 4 Dogs 2023
• 5 Cats 2023

20 Names Similar to Lucy

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• Alice
• Charlotte
• Jane
• Violet
• Eleanor
• Rose
• Lily
• Grace
• Clara
• Ruby
• Penelope
• Amelia
• Nora
• Eloise
• Hazel
• Claire
• Caroline
• Juliet
• Henry
• Ivy

Famous People Named Lucy

• Lucille Désirée "Lucy" Ball American actress
• Lucy Stone American suffragist and abolitionist
• Lucy Alexis Liu American actress
• Lucille Frances "Lucy" Lawless New Zealand actress
• Lucy Maud (L.M.) Montgomery Canadian novelist
• Lucy Burns American suffragist
• Karen Lucille "Lucy" Hale American actress & singer
• Lucinda Margaret "Lucy" Grealy American poet
• Lucy Mae Beacock, English actress
• Lucy Rose (Parton) English singer,songwriter
• Lucy Gordon pen name of Christine Sparks Fiorotto, English novelist
• Lucy Gordon English model/actress
• Lucy Ursula Griffiths English actress
• Lucy Kaplansky American singer,songwriter
• Lucy Louise Knisley American cartoonist and musician
• Lucy Haeran Koh American federal judge
• Lucy Kellaway English journalist
• Lucy Lippard American author and critic
• Lucy McKenzie Scottish artist
• Lucy Eldine Gonzalez Parsons American labor activist
• Lucy Orta English visual artist
• Lucy Walker English film director
• Lucy Spraggan English musician
• Lucy Deakins American actress
• Lucy Danziger American magazine editor
• Lucy Elizabeth Fry Australian actress
• Lucy Thurber American playwright
• Lucy Owen Welsh news anchor
• Lucy Wainwright Roche American singer,songwriter
• Lucy O'Brien English author and journalist
• Lucy Torres Gomez, Filipina actress
• Lucy Punch English actress
• Lucy Champion Irish singer of music group Anuna
• Lucia Roberta "Lucy" Tough Bronze English football player
• Lucy Kane English singer; daughter of model Linda Lusardi and Samuel Kane
• Lucy Chet DeVito American actress, daughter of actors Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman
• Lucy Belle Guthrie, daughter of Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins
• Lucy Shackell daughter of actress Fiona Fullerton and Neil Shackell
• Lucy Jane Bonin daughter 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 Vallely daughter 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 Pinder English Model & Actress

Lucy in Pop Culture

• Lucy Pevensie character in "The Chronicles of Narnia" book series
• Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt character in the Peanuts series
• Lucy Ricardo character on TV's "I Love Lucy" played by Lucille Ball
• Lucy Honeychurch character in "A Room with a View"
• Lucy Condon main character on TV's "Alien Dawn"
• Lucy Shapiro character in "Good In Bed"
• Lucy character in "Living Dead Girl" by Elizabeth Scott
• Lucy Pearl R&B group
• Lucy Snowe main character in "Villette" by Charlotte Bronte
• Lucy Gringe character from the Septimus Heap series
• Lucy Weasley daughter of Percy and Audrey Weasley in the Harry Potter series
• Lucy Lane Lois Lane's younger sister in the DC Universe
• Lucy doll in Maurice Sendak's "Little Bear"
• "Put Your Shoes On Lucy " song performed by Petula Clark and Anne Shelton
• Lucy Rippinghall character in G. A. Henty's, Friends Though Divided
• Lucy Diamond character in movie D.E.B.S
• "Lucy " song by the band Skillet
• Lucy character from TV's "The Big Bang Theory"
• Lucy Whitmore Drew Barrymore's character in movie "50 First Dates"
• "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" song by The Beatles
• Lucy Quinn Fabray character on TV's "Glee"
• Lucy character in movie "Across the Universe"
• Lucy Moran character on TV's "Twin Peaks"
• Lucy character in anime "Elfen Lied"
• Lucy Coe character on soap "General Hospital"
• Lucy McClane daughter in the Die Hard movies
• Lucy Westenra character in "Dracula"
• Lucy Muir main character in "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir"
• Lucy Proek character on TV's "Fortysomething"
• "Lucy " song by Hanson
• Lucy the Elephant landmark
• "Lucy in the Sky" anonymously written novel
• Lucy Kingston character in G. A. Henty's, With Lee in Virginia
• Lucy Saxon character on TV's "Doctor Who"
• Lucy Messer character on TV's "CSI:NY"
• Lucy Carlyle character in "Lockwood & Co"
• Lucy Katherine Beale character on British soap "Eastenders"
• Lucy Camden Kinkirk, character on TV's "7th Heaven"
• Lucy Barker character in the musical and movie Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Lucy character on TV's "The Bletchley Circle"
• Lucy Clinton character in G. A. Henty's, The Dash for Khartoum
• Lucy Spiller character from TV's Dirt
• Lucy Steele character in 'Sense and Sensibility' by Jane Austen
• Lucy Stillman a character in the video game series, 'Assassin's Creed'
• Lucy Oreill character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
• Lucy Loud a character from the Nickelodeon cartoon "The Loud House"
• Lucy Ewing character on TV's "Dallas"
• Lucy Pennykettle character in the book "The Fire Within" (2001)
• Lucy name used for one of the earliest humanoid bodies discovered
• Lucy Heartfilia character in the anime Fairy Tail
• Lucy a character in Kiera Cass's "The Selection"
• Lucy Harmon character played by Liv Tyler in Bernardo Bertolucci's "Stealing Beauty"
• Lucy Marlowe genderqueer character in Taylor Robin's webcomic "Never Satisfied"
• Lucy Preston character on TV's "Timeless"
• Lucy Cola character in the 2019 film "Lucy in the Sky"
• Lucy Miller Scarlett Johansson's character in the 2014 film "Lucy"
• Lucy main character of Margaret Atwood's short story "Death by Landscape"
• Lucy Eleanor Moderatz main character played by Sandra Bullock in "While You Were Sleeping"
• Lucy Kelson main character played by Sandra Bullock in "Two Weeks Notice"