Lucy is an English feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

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 Luce may refer to: People * Luce (name), as a given name and a surname * Luce (singer) Places * Luče, a town in Slovenia * Luce, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Luce Bay, a large Bay in Wigtownshire in southern Scotland * Luce Cou ...

Lucie Lucie is the French and Czech form of the female name Lucia. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Lucie Ahl, British tennis player * Lucie Arnaz, American actress * Lucie Aubrac, member of the French Resistance * Lucie Balthaz ...

Lucia Lucia may refer to: Arts and culture * ''Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás * ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language film * '' Lucia & The Best Boys'', a Scottish indie rock band formerly known as ''LUCIA'' * "Lucia", a Swedish c ...

, and Luzia. The English Lucy surname is taken from the

Norman language Norman or Norman French (, french: Normand, Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a Romance language which can be classified as one of the Oïl languages along with French, Picard and Walloon. The name "Norman French" is sometimes used to descri ...

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 Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

* * * Old Serbian (disambiguat ...

) *Lucy, Люси (

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

) *Lutsi, Луци (

Macedonian Macedonian most often refers to someone or something from or related to Macedonia. Macedonian(s) may specifically refer to: People Modern * Macedonians (ethnic group), a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with North M ...

) *Lutsija, Луција (

) *Liùsaidh ( Scottish Gaelic) *Liucija (

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

) *Liucilė (

) *Lūcija, Lūsija ( Latvian) *Lleucu (

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...

) *Llúcia (

Catalan Catalan may refer to: Catalonia From, or related to Catalonia: * Catalan language, a Romance language * Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia Places * 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...

) *Loukia, Λουκία ( Greek) *Luca ( Hungarian) *Luce (

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, Italian) *Lucetta ( English) *Lucette (

) *Lúcia ( Portuguese) *Lucía ( Spanish) *Lucia (

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

, English, Finnish,

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

, Italian, Norwegian,

Romanian Romanian may refer to: *anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania **Romanians, an ethnic group **Romanian language, a Romance language ***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language **Romanian cuisine, traditional ...

, Slovak,

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

) *Luciana ( Italian, Portuguese,

, Spanish) *Lucie (

, Czech) *Luciella ( Italian) *Lucienne (

) *Lucija ( Croatian, Slovene) *Lucila ( Spanish) *Lucilla ( Italian) *Lucille ( English,

) *Lucinda ( English, Portuguese) *Lucinde (

) *Lucita ( Spanish) *Łucja (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

) *Lucy ( English) *Lucyna (

) *Luz ( Spanish) *Luzi (

) *Luzia (

, Portuguese) *Luzie (

). *Liosibhe ( Irish) *Λουκία (Greek)

People (and other primates)

* Lucy (Australopithecus) (c. 3,000,000 BCE), fossil also known as AL 288-1 *

Lucy (chimpanzee) Lucy (1964–1987) was a chimpanzee owned by the Institute for Primate Studies in Oklahoma, and raised by Maurice K. Temerlin, a psychotherapist and professor at the University of Oklahoma and his wife, Jane. Background Temerlin and his wife ra ...

, well-known case of a chimpanzee raised as a human * Saint Lucy (283–304), Christian saint and martyr *

Lucy Morris Chaffee Alden Lucy Morris Chaffee Alden (, Chaffee; November 20, 1836 - December 20, 1912) was a 19th-century American author, educator, and hymnwriter of the long nineteenth century. Over 200 of her works appeared in various periodicals. Biography Lucy Morris ...

(1836–1912), American author, educator, hymnwriter *

Lucy Alexander Lucy Alexander (born 3 April 1970) is an English television presenter, known for appearing on the BBC One property show ''Homes Under the Hammer''. Early life Alexander was born in East Dulwich, London. She graduated from the London Studio Cen ...

(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 Lucy Boynton (born January 17, 1994) is a British-American actress. Raised in London, she made her professional debut as the young Beatrix Potter in '' Miss Potter'' (2006). She starred in television productions '' Ballet Shoes'' (2007), '' Sens ...

(born 1994), English and American actress *

Lucy Ann Brooks Lucy Ann Brooks (, Marsh; 31 May 1835 – 25 March 1926) was an English temperance advocate. She was an officer of the British Women's Temperance Association before becoming a co-founder and president of the Women's Total Abstinence Union (WTAU). ...

(1835-1926), English temperance advocate *

Lucy Bronze Lucia Roberta Tough Bronze (born 28 October 1991), known as Lucy Bronze, is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Barcelona and the England national team. She has previously played for Sunderland, Everton, Liverpool, Lyon a ...

(born 1991), English footballer * Lucy Burns (1879–1966), American suffragist and women's rights advocate *

Lucy Wood Butler Lucy Wood Butler (also known as, Mrs. Allen Butler; February 18, 1820 – March 17, 1895) was a 19th-century American pioneer temperance leader. She was the first president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.) of New York. But ...

(1820-1895), American temperance leader *

Lucy Collett Lucy Victoria Collett, also known as Lucy V and Lucy Vixen, is a British glamour model from Warwick, England. She won '' The Sun'' newspaper's Page 3 Idol 2012 modeling contest, and she frequently appeared as a Page 3 girl in that newspaper. S ...

(born 1989), British glamour model *

Lucy DeCoutere Lucy DeCoutere (born 5 September 1970) is a Canadian actress and Royal Canadian Air Force officer, best known for her role as the character Lucy in the television series ''Trailer Park Boys''. Life and career DeCoutere grew up as the youngest c ...

(born 1970), actress, best known for playing "Lucy" on the Trailer Park Boys *

Lucy Clementina Davies Lucy Clementina Davies (''née'' Drummond de Melfort; 21 November 1795 – 27 April 1879) was a French-born author of Scottish Jacobite ancestry, known as a writer by the publication in 1872 of her two-volume ''Recollections of Society in France ...

(1795–1879), British writer * Lucy Davis (born 1973), English actress * Lucy Davis (born 1992), American equestrian *

Lucy Salisbury Doolittle Lucy Salisbury Doolittle (October 7, 1832 – February 6, 1908) was an American philanthropist and clubwoman. She was the first woman trustee of the Unitarian Church, was one of the founders of the Twentieth Century Club and president at one time ...

(1832-1908), American philanthropist *

Lucy Durack Lucy Durack (born 17 November 1982) is an Australian actress, singer and television personality who played Glinda in the Australian production of ''Wicked (musical), Wicked'', and Elle Woods in the Australian production of ''Legally Blonde (musi ...

(born 1982), Australian actress and singer *

Lucy Fallon Lucy Fallon (born 13 November 1995) is an English actress. She played Bethany Platt in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' (2015–2020). The role has earned her widespread recognition and several accolades, including two British Soap Awa ...

(born 1995), British actress *

Lucy Faust Lucy Faust is an American actress. Originally from New Orleans, she performed as part of the Southern Rep theater company, before making her name in ''Mudbound'', '' The Revival'', ''Looking for Alaska'', ''The Devil All the Time'', '' Midnight ...

, American actress *

Lucy Fisher Lucy Fisher (born October 2, 1949) is an American film producer. She was previously Vice Chairman of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group at Sony Studios, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Production at Warner Brothers, Head of Producti ...

(born 1949), American film producer *

Lucy Fleming Eve Lucinda "Lucy" Fleming (born 15 May 1947) is a British actress. Biography Early life and ancestry Fleming was born in Nettlebed, England. She is the second daughter of actress Celia Johnson and writer Peter Fleming (brother of James Bo ...

(born 1947), British actress *

Lucy Nettie Fletcher Lucy Nettie Fletcher (February 18, 1886 – May 6, 1918) was a British-born American nurse who died while on active duty in France during World War I. Biography Fletcher was born in Grouville, Isle of Jersey, England, February 18, 1886. She was t ...

(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 Shannon Claire Spruill (July 17, 1975 – September 1, 2021) was an American professional wrestler, wrestling manager and actress better known by her ring name Daffney. Daffney began her professional wrestling career in World Championship Wre ...

(born 1975), American professional wrestler *

Lucy Gunning Lucy Gunning (born 20 June 1964) is an English filmmaker, installation artist, sculptor, video artist and lecturer in fine art at the Chelsea College of Arts. Her works cross various media such as archival investigation, book-making, installation ...

(born 1964), English filmmaker, installation artist, sculptor, video artist and lecturer *

Lucy Hale Karen Lucille Hale (born June 14, 1989) is an American actress, singer, and television personality. She has received various accolades, including seven Teen Choice Awards (the most for any actress in a single series), a Gracie Award, a People's ...

(born 1989), American actress *

Lucy M. Hall Lucy M. Hall-Brown (, Hall; November 1843August 1, 1907) was an American physician and writer. She was a general practitioner and keen on education. In 1876, she entered the University of Michigan for a medical course. Upon graduation in 1878, s ...

(1843–1907), American physician, writer * Lucy Hawking (born 1970), English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist *

Lucy Hayes Lucy Ware Hayes (née Webb; August 28, 1831 – June 25, 1889) was the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes and served as first lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881. Hayes was the first First Lady to have a college degree. She was als ...

(1831–1889), First Lady of the United States *

Lucy Hockings Lucy Hockings is a New Zealand news presenter for the BBC, moderator, events host and media trainer. Her roles include anchoring ''Live with Lucy Hockings'' on BBC World News. Early life, education and early career Hockings was born on 7 Apri ...

, New Zealand born television presenter on BBC World News *

Lucy Hooper Lucy Hooper (February 4, 1816 – August 1, 1841) was a 19th-century American writer known for her poetry and newspaper accounts. Her interests included botany and poetry. Though she died of consumption at the age of 25, she is remembered for wri ...

(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 (actress), 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'' * List of Trailer Park Boys characters, Lucy; a character on Trailer Park Boys * Titular protagonist of the 2014 sci-fi/action film ''Lucy (2014 film), Lucy'' * List of Elfen Lied characters, 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 The Screaming Staircase, 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 (musical), ''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 in the Sky with Diamonds#Julian's drawing, Lucy O'Donnell or the LSD abbreviation ** Lucy and the Diamonds, antagonists in the film ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (film), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' based around the song ** Lucy Carrigan, a main character in the film ''Across the Universe (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 American Broadcasting Company, ABC's ''Once Upon a Time (TV series), Once Upon a Time'' * Lucy Muir, in ''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'' * Lucy Pevensie in the ''Chronicles of Narnia'' book series and the The Chronicles of Narnia (film series), film series adaptation *Lucy Preston, a main character in the 2016 show Timeless * Lucy Quinn Fabray, in TV series ''Glee (TV series), Glee'' * Lucy Ricardo, the star character of ''I Love Lucy'' * Lucy Robinson (Neighbours), 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 Doctor Who (series 3), third series and Doctor Who (2008–2010 specials), 2008–2010 specials of the ''Doctor Who'' revival series * Lucy Simian, a character from The Amazing World of Gumball * Lucy Snowe, heroine of Villette (novel), ''Villette'' by Charlotte Brontë * Steel_Ball_Run#Lucy_Steel, 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 M. Schulz, 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''