Lucy
| Pronunciation | /ˈluːsi/ LOO-see; French: [lysi] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Name day | 13 December |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Latin |
| Meaning | Light |
| Region of origin | Latin |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Luci, Luce, Lucia, Lucie, Lucey, Lucio, Lucile, Luciana, Luciano, Lucinda, Luca, Luz |
| Popularity | see popular names |
Lucy is an English and French feminine given name derived from Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning as of light (born at dawn or daylight, maybe also shiny, or of light complexion). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Lucie. Lucy is also an American, Australian, Canadian, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh and French surname.
The English Lucy surname is taken from the Norman language that was Latin-based and derives from place names in Normandy based on Latin male personal name Lucius. It was transmitted to England after the Norman Conquest in the 11th century (see also De Lucy).
Feminine name variants
- Luiseach (Irish)
- Lusine, Լուսինե, Լուսինէ (Armenian)
- Lučija, Лучија (Serbian)
- Lucy, Люси (Bulgarian)
- Lutsi, Луци (Macedonian)
- Lutsija, Луција (Macedonian)
- Liùsaidh (Scottish Gaelic)
- Liucija (Lithuanian)
- Liucilė (Lithuanian)
- Lūcija (Latvian)
- Lleucu (Welsh)
- Llúcia (Catalan)
- Loukia, Λουκὶα (Greek)
- Luca (Hungarian)
- Luce (French), (Italian)
- Lucetta (English)
- Lucette (French)
- Lúcia (Portuguese)
- Lucía (Spanish)
- Lucia (Danish), (English), (Finnish), (German), (Italian), (Norwegian), (Romanian), (Slovak), (Swedish)
- Luciana (Italian), (Portuguese), (Spanish)
- Lucida (French)
- Lucie (Czech), (French)
- Luciella (Italian)
- Lucienne (French)
- Lucija (Croatian), (Slovene)
- Lucila (Spanish)
- Lusi (Turkish)
- Lucilla (Italian)
- Lucille (English), (French)
- Lucinda (English), (Portuguese)
- Lucinde (French)
- Lucita (Spanish)
- Łucja (Polish)
- Lucy (English)
- Lucyna (Polish)
- Luz (Spanish)
- Luzi (German)
- Luzia (German), (Portuguese)
- Luzie (German)
- Liosibhe (Irish)
People
Given name
- Lucy (Australopithecus) (c. 3,000,000 BCE), fossil also known as AL 288-1
- Saint Lucy (283–304), Christian saint and martyr
- Lucy Alexander (born 1971), English television presenter
- Lucy Atkinson, British explorer
- Lucille Ball (1911–1989), American actress and comedian remembered for her character "Lucy"
- Lucy Boynton (born 1994), English and American actress
- Lucy Burns (1879–1966), American suffragist and women's rights advocate
- Lucy Collett (born 1989), British glamour model
- Lucy DeCoutere, actress, best known for playing "Lucy" on the Trailer Park Boys
- Lucy Clementina Davies, British writer
- Lucy Davis (born 1973), English actress
- Lucy Davis, equestrian
- Lucy Durack, Australian actress and singer
- Lucy Fallon, British actress
- Lucy Fisher, American film producer
- Lucy Fleming, British actress
- Lucy Flores, American politician
- Lucy Frazer, British politician
- Lucy Fry (born 1992), Australian actress
- Lucy Furr, American professional wrestler
- Lucy Hale, American actress
- Lucy Hawking (born 1970), English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist
- Lucy Hayes (1831 – 1889), First Lady of the United States
- Lucy Hockings, New Zealand born television presenter on BBC World News
- Lucy Jones, American seismologist
- Lucy Lameck (1934–1992), Tanzanian politician
- Lucy Lawless (born 1968), New Zealand actress and singer
- Lucy Liu, American actress
- Lucy Martin (born 1990), British professional road and track cyclist
- Lucy Mecklenburgh, English actress and entrepreneur
- Lucy Parsons, American labor organizer, radical socialist and anarchist communist
- Lucy Partington, British murder victim
- Lucy Pinder (born 1983), English model and actress
- Lucy Speed (born 1976), English actress
- Lucy Qinnuayuak, Inuit Canadian artist
- Lucy Stone (1818–1893), American activist
- Lucy Temerlin (1964–1987), a chimpanzee known for her use of American Sign Language
- Lucy Turnbull (born 1958), Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, former local government politician, and current First Lady of Australia
- Lucy Verasamy, British weather forecaster
- Lucy Worsley (born 1973), English historian
Fictional characters
- Lucy Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia book series and the film series adaptation
- Lucy van Pelt in the Peanuts cartoon series and broader franchise
- Lucy/Nyu in the manga Elfen Lied
- Lucy Ricardo, the star character of I Love Lucy
- Lucy Romalotti in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Lucy Honeychurch, the protagonist of A Room with a View and its film adaptations.
- Lucy Fields in the television series Grey's Anatomy
- Lucy Fernandez in the Degrassi series.
- Lucy Heartfilia in the manga Fairy Tail and anime adaptation
- Lucy Beale in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Lucy Westenra in Dracula and its various adaptations
- Lucy Steele, fictional character in Sense and Sensibility and its various adaptations
- Eponymous character in the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by the Beatles, said to be based on a drawing of Lucy O'Donnell or the LSD abbreviation
- Lucy and the Diamonds, antagonists in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band based around the song
- Lucy Carrigan, a main character in the film Across the Universe based loosely around the song
- Lucy, a wolf character who is Ricky's girlfriend in the fake TV show WolfTown, voiced by Liliana Mumy.
- Lucy Coe in General Hospital
- Lucy Maria Misora, an alien character in the Japanese adult visual novel ToHeart2'
- Lucy Camden-Kinkirk in the TV series 7th Heaven
- Lucy Robinson in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
- Lucy Knight in the TV series ER
- Lucy Cunningham-Schultz in the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey
- Lucy Snowe, heroine of Villette by Charlotte Brontë
- Lucy Barker in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Lucy Harris in Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde
- Lucy Dennison in Richie Tankersley Cusick's books series The Unseen
- Lucy Tartan, a major character in Herman Melville's novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities
- Lucy Wilde in Despicable Me 2 and Despicable Me 3
- Wyldstyle, or Lucy, in the film The Lego Movie
- Titular protagonist of the 2014 sci-fi/action film Lucy
- Lucy Lane, sister of Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane
- Lucy Saxon, the Master's ex-wife from the third series and 2008–2010 specials of the Doctor Who revival series
- Lucy Stillman, recurring character in Assassin's Creed
- Lucy Loud, in the TV series The Loud House
- Lucy Carlyle, main character in the Lockwood and Co. series by Jonathan Stroud.
- Lucy, a main character in ABC’s Once Upon a Time.
See also
- Loosey's Rap
- Luci
- Lusi (disambiguation)
- Lucie
- Lucey
- Lucy (Australopithecus) fossil
- Lucy (spacecraft)
- Lucia (disambiguation)
- Lucius (disambiguation)
- Lucifer (disambiguation)