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Lucy
Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the 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, Lucia, and Luzia.
Saint Lucy, by Francesco del Cossa (c. 1430 – c. 1477) | |
| 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, Cindy, Luca, Luz |
| Popularity | see popular names |
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, Lūsija (Latvian)
- Lleucu (Welsh)
- Llúcia (Catalan)
- Loukia, Λουκία (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, Romanian, Spanish)
- Lucie (French, Czech)
- Luciella (Italian)
- Lucienne (French)
- Lucija (Croatian, Slovene)
- Lucila (Spanish)
- 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)
- Λουκία (Greek)
People (and other primates)
- Lucy (Australopithecus) (c. 3,000,000 BCE), fossil also known as AL 288-1
- Lucy (chimpanzee), well-known case of a chimpanzee raised as a human
- Saint Lucy (283–304), Christian saint and martyr
- Lucy Morris Chaffee Alden (1836–1912), American author, educator, hymnwriter
- Lucy Alexander (born 1971), English television presenter
- Lucy Atkinson (1817–1893), British explorer
- Lucille Ball (1911–1989), American actress and comedian remembered for her character "Lucy"
- Lucy Barnes (1780–1809), American writer
- Lucy Boynton (born 1994), English and American actress
- Lucy Ann Brooks (1835-1926), English temperance advocate
- Lucy Bronze (born 1991), English footballer
- Lucy Burns (1879–1966), American suffragist and women's rights advocate
- Lucy Wood Butler (1820-1895), American temperance leader
- Lucy Collett (born 1989), British glamour model
- Lucy DeCoutere (born 1970), actress, best known for playing "Lucy" on the Trailer Park Boys
- Lucy Clementina Davies (1795–1879), British writer
- Lucy Davis (born 1973), English actress
- Lucy Davis (born 1992), American equestrian
- Lucy Salisbury Doolittle (1832-1908), American philanthropist
- Lucy Durack (born 1982), Australian actress and singer
- Lucy Fallon (born 1995), British actress
- Lucy Faust, American actress
- Lucy Fisher (born 1949), American film producer
- Lucy Fleming (born 1947), British actress
- Lucy Nettie Fletcher (1886-1918), nurse
- Lucy Flores (born 1979), American politician
- Lucy Frazer (born 1972), British politician
- Lucy Virginia French (1825–1881), American author
- Lucy Fry (born 1992), Australian actress
- Lucy Furr (born 1975), American professional wrestler
- Lucy Gunning (born 1964), English filmmaker, installation artist, sculptor, video artist and lecturer
- Lucy Hale (born 1989), American actress
- Lucy M. Hall (1843–1907), American physician, writer
- 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 Hooper (1816–1841), 19th-century American poet
- Lucy Hamilton Hooper (1835–1893), American poet, journalist, editor, playwright
- Lucy Jones (born 1955), American seismologist
- Lucy Lameck (1934–1992), Tanzanian politician
- Lucy Stedman Lamson (1857-1926), American business woman, educator
- Lucy Larcom (1824–1893), American teacher, poet, author
- Lucy de László (1870–1950), Irish musician and socialite
- Lucy Lawless (born 1968), New Zealand actress and singer
- Lucy Liu (born 1968), American actress
- Lucy A. Mallory (1846–1920), American writer, publisher, newspaper editor, spiritualist
- Lucy Martin (born 1990), British professional road and track cyclist
- Lucy Mecklenburgh (born 1991), English actress and entrepreneur
- Lucy Montgomery (born 1975), British voice actress
- Lucy Mvubelo (1920–2000), South African trade unionist
- Lucy Parham (born 1966), British concert pianist
- Lucy Parsons (1853–1942), American labor organizer, radical socialist and anarchist communist
- Lucy Partington (1952–1974), British murder victim
- Lucy Pinder (born 1983), English glamour model and actress
- Lucy Punch (born 1977), English actress
- Lucy Speed (born 1976), English actress
- Lucy Qinnuayuak (1915–1982), Inuit Canadian artist
- Lucy Stone (1818–1893), American activist
- Lucy Hobbs Taylor (1833–1910), American dentist and teacher
- Lucy Temerlin (1964–1987), a chimpanzee known for her use of American Sign Language
- Lucy Torres-Gomez (b.1974), Filipino actress and politician
- Lucy Turnbull (born 1958), Australian businesswoman, philanthropist, former local government politician, and former First Lady of Australia
- Lucy Verasamy (b. 1980), British weather forecaster
- Lucy Hall Washington (1835–1913), American poet, social reformer
- Lucy Wheelock (1857–1946), American educator, writer
- Lucy Worsley (born 1973), English historian
Fictional characters
- Lucy, portrayed by Mouni Roy from film K.G.F: Chapter 1
- Lucy, a character in the webtoon series Adventures of God
- Lucy; a character on Trailer Park Boys
- Titular protagonist of the 2014 sci-fi/action film Lucy
- Lucy/Nyu in the manga Elfen Lied
- Lucy Barker in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- Lucy Ashton, the female protagonist in Sir Walter Scott’s ‘’The Bride of Lammermoor’’
- Lucy Beale in the British soap opera EastEnders
- Lucy Camden-Kinkirk in the TV series 7th Heaven
- Lucy Carlyle, main character in the Lockwood and Co. series by Jonathan Stroud
- Lucy Coe in General Hospital
- Lucy Cunningham-Schultz in the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey
- Lucy Dennison in Richie Tankersley Cusick's books series The Unseen
- Lucy Fernandez in the Degrassi series
- Lucy Fields in the television series Grey's Anatomy
- Lucy Gray, a character in The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
- Lucy Harris in Frank Wildhorn's Jekyll & Hyde
- Lucy Heartfilia, the main female protagonist of the manga and anime series Fairy Tail
- Lucy Honeychurch, the protagonist of A Room with a View and its film 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 the Diamond Fairy, a character in the Rainbow Magic book franchise named after the song
- Lucy Knight in the TV series ER
- Lucy Lane, sister of Superman's girlfriend Lois Lane
- Lucy Loud, in the TV series The Loud House
- Lucy Maria Misora, an alien character in the Japanese adult visual novel ToHeart2
- Lucy Mills, a main character in ABC's Once Upon a Time
- Lucy Muir, in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
- Lucy Pevensie in the Chronicles of Narnia book series and the film series adaptation
- Lucy Preston, a main character in the 2016 show Timeless
- Lucy Quinn Fabray, in TV series Glee
- Lucy Ricardo, the star character of I Love Lucy
- Lucy Robinson, in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours
- Lucy Romalotti in the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Lucy Saxon, the Master's ex-wife from the third series and 2008–2010 specials of the Doctor Who revival series
- Lucy Simian, a character from The Amazing World of Gumball
- Lucy Snowe, heroine of Villette by Charlotte Brontë
- Lucy Steel, a major character in the 7th part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure,Steel Ball Run
- Lucy Steele, in Sense and Sensibility and its various adaptations
- Lucy Stillman, recurring character in Assassin's Creed
- Lucy Tartan, a major character in Herman Melville's novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities
- Lucy van Pelt, in Charles Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts and related franchise
- Lucy Westenra in Dracula and its various adaptations
- Lucy Whitmore, main character in the 2004 film 50 First Dates
- Lucy Wilde, in Despicable Me 2 and Despicable Me 3
- Wyldstyle, or Lucy, in the film The Lego Movie
See also
- Luci
- Lusi (disambiguation)
- Lucie
- Lucey
- Lucia (disambiguation)
- the star BPM 37093, nicknamed "Lucy"
- Lucy the elephant, tourist attraction in Margate, New Jersey, United States
- Lucy (spacecraft)