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 f ...

derived from the

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

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 ...

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

Norman language Norman or Norman French (, , Guernésiais: , Jèrriais: ) is a ''Langues d'oïl, langue d'oïl'' spoken in the historical region, historical and Cultural area, cultural region of Normandy. The name "Norman French" is sometimes also used to des ...

that was Latin-based and derives from place names in

Normandy Normandy (; or ) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy. Normandy comprises Normandy (administrative region), mainland Normandy (a part of France) and insular N ...

based on the Latin male personal name Lucius. It was transmitted to England after the

Norman Conquest The Norman Conquest (or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Normans, Norman, French people, French, Flemish people, Flemish, and Bretons, Breton troops, all led by the Du ...

in the 11th century (see also

De Lucy de Lucy or de Luci (alternate spellings: Lucey, Lucie, Luce, Luci) is the surname of an old Norman noble family originating from Lucé in Normandy, one of the great baronial Anglo-Norman families which became rooted in England after the Norma ...

Feminine name variants

*Luíseach ( Irish) *Lusine, Լուսինե, Լուսինէ (

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

) *Lucija, Луција ( Serbian) *Lucy, Люси ( Bulgarian) *Lutsi, Луци ( Macedonian) *Lutsija, Луција ( Macedonian) *Liùsaidh (

Scottish Gaelic Scottish Gaelic (, ; Endonym and exonym, endonym: ), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Celtic language native to the Gaels of Scotland. As a member of the Goidelic language, Goidelic branch of Celtic, Scottish Gaelic, alongs ...

) *Liucija ( Lithuanian) *Liucilė ( Lithuanian) *Lūcija, Lūsija ( Latvian) *Lleucu ( Welsh) *Llúcia ( Catalan) *Loukia, Λουκία (

Greek Greek may refer to: Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...

) *Luca ( Hungarian) *Luce ( French,

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

) *Lucetta ( English) *Lucette ( French) *Lucy, Lusia, Lucia, Luciana, Lucinda ( Indonesian) *Luçia, Luçie, Luçije ( Albanian) *Lúcia ( Portuguese) *Lucía ( Spanish) *Lucia ( Danish, English, Finnish, German,

, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovak, Swedish) *Luciana (

, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish) *Lucie ( French,

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

) *Luciella (

) *Lucienne ( French) *Lucija ( Croatian, Slovene) *Lucila ( Spanish) *Lucilla (

) *Lucille ( English, French) *Lucinda ( English, Portuguese) *Lucinde ( French) *Lucita ( Spanish) *Łucja ( Polish) *Lucja ( Polish) *Lucy ( English) *Lucylia ( Polish) *Lucyna ( Polish) *Luz ( Spanish) *Luzi ( German) *Luzia ( German, Portuguese) *Luzie ( German).

People

Lucy (Australopithecus) AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy or Dinkinesh (), is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone comprising 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species ''Australopithecus afarensis''. It was discovered in 1974 i ...

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

Saint Lucy Lucia of Syracuse ( – 304 AD), also called Saint Lucia () and better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman people, Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in Catholic Church, Catholic, Angl ...

(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 Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian, producer, and studio executive. She was recognized by ''Time (magazine), Time'' in 2020 as one of the most influential women of the 20th century for h ...

(1911–1989), American actress and comedian remembered for her character "Lucy" * Lucy Barnes (1780–1809), American writer * Lucy Beaumont (born 1983), English comedian * Lucy Bloom (born 1973), South African businesswoman * 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 Chege (born 1976), Kenyan volleyball player *

Lucy Christalnigg Countess Lucy Christalnigg von und zu Gillitzstein (; 24 June 1872 in Klingenstein10 August 1914 in Srpenica) was the wife of Count Oskar Christalnigg, a Carinthian aristocrat and Slovenian nationalism, Slovene patriot. She was one of the first f ...

, Austro-Hungarian countess and aristocrat * Lucy Collett (born 1989), British glamour model * Lucy Collinson, British scientist * Lucy DeCoutere (born 1970), actress, best known for playing "Lucy" on the Trailer Park Boys * Lucy Clementina Davies (1795–1879), British writer * Lucy Dacus (born 1995), American musician *

Lucy Davis Lucy Clare Davis (born 17 February 1973) is an English actress known for playing Dawn Tinsley in the BBC comedy ''The Office'' (2001–2003), Hilda Spellman in the Netflix series '' The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina'' (2018–2020), Dianne i ...

(born 1973), English actress *

(born 1992), American equestrian * Lucy Dickenson (1980–2012), Welsh humanitarian and social entrepreneur * Lucy Salisbury Doolittle (1832–1908), American philanthropist * Lucy Duff Grant (1894–1984) British nurse leader * Lucy Durack (born 1982), Australian actress and singer * Lucy Edwards, British disability activist and educator * 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 Foulkes, British academic psychologist * 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 Gordon (1980–2009), British actress and model * Lucy Greenish (1888 – 1976), a New Zealand architect * 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 Catherine Lucy Hawking (born 2 November 1970) is an English journalist, novelist, educator, and philanthropist. She is the daughter of the Theoretical physics, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking and writer Jane Hawking, Jane Wilde Hawking. S ...

(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 Lucille Frances Lawless (; born 29 March 1968) is a New Zealand actress and director. She is best known for her roles as Xena in the television series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'', as Number Three (Battlestar Galactica), D'Anna Biers on the re-im ...

(born 1968), New Zealand actress and singer * Lucy Letby (born 1990), English serial killer *

Lucy Liu Lucy Alexis Liu (; born December 2, 1968) is an American actress, producer, and artist. Widely regarded as a trailblazer for Asian Americans in arts and entertainment, Asian American representation in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood, she is t ...

(born 1968), American actress * Lucy A. Mallory (1846–1920), American writer, publisher, newspaper editor, spiritualist * Lucy Martin (cyclist) (born 1990), British professional road and track cyclist * Lucy Martin (actress) *

Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942), published as L. M. Montgomery, was a Canadian author best known for a collection of novels, essays, short stories, and poetry beginning in 1908 with '' Anne of Green Gables''. Sh ...

(1874-1942), Canadian novelist * Lucy Mecklenburgh (born 1991), English actress and entrepreneur * Lucy Montgomery (born 1975), British voice actress * Lucy Muyoyeta, Zambian women's rights activist * Lucy Mvubelo (1920–2000), South African trade unionist * Lucy Olsen (born 2003), American basketball player * 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 Patané (born 1985), Argentine multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and producer * Lucy Pinder (born 1983), English glamour model and actress * Lucy Porter (born 1973), English comedian and actress * Lucy Punch (born 1977), English actress * Lucy Rose (born 1989), English musician * Lucy Rose (writer), English writer and filmmaker * Lucy Speed (born 1976), English actress * Lucy Qinnuayuak (1915–1982), Inuit Canadian artist * Lucy Simon (1940–2022), American composer for the theatre and of popular songs *

Lucy Stone Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was an American orator, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist and Suffrage, suffragist who was a vocal advocate for and organizer of promoting Women's rights, rights for women. In 1847, ...

(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

Animals

* Lucy (chimpanzee), a chimpanzee raised as a human

Fictional characters

* Lucy, a character in the ''Jaws'' movie franchise * Lucy, a character in the 1995 American coming-of-age teen comedy movie '' Clueless'' * Lucy, a character in the webtoon series '' Adventures of God'' * Lucy, the Girl from the British-French series ''

64 Zoo Lane ''64 Zoo Lane'' (French: ''64, rue du Zoo'') is a children's animated series created by Belgian-born English author An Vrombaut. The series is co-produced by French animation studio Millimages and British-based Zoo Lane Productions in associat ...

'' * Lucy, a character in the film '' K.G.F: Chapter 1'' *

Lucy Lucy is an English language, 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 ar ...

, a character in the TV series ''Trailer Park Boys'' * Lucy, the protagonist of the film ''

'' * Lucy, a character in the video game Metal Gear Acid 2 * Lucy, a character in the Cartoon Network animated series '' We Bare Bears'' * Lucy/Nyu, a character in the manga series ''

Elfen Lied is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Lynn Okamoto. It was serialized in Shueisha's Seinen manga, manga magazine ''Weekly Young Jump'' from June 2002 to August 2005, with its 107 chapters collected into twelve volumes. ''El ...

'' * 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 Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD (from German ; often referred to as acid or lucy), is a semisynthetic, hallucinogenic compound derived from ergot, known for its powerful psychological effects and serotonergic activity. I ...

abbreviation ** Lucy and the Diamonds, antagonists in the film ''

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' (often referred to simply as ''Sgt. Pepper'') is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26May 1967, ''Sgt. Pepper'' is regarded by musicologists as an early concept ...

'' based around the song ** Lucy Carrigan, a main character in the film ''

Across the Universe "Across the Universe" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. The song first appeared on the 1969 various artists' charity compilation album ''No One's Gonna Change Our W ...

'' based loosely around the song ** Lucy the Diamond Fairy, a character in the '' Rainbow Magic'' book franchise named after the song * Lucy Adams, a character in the TV series ''

Not Going Out ''Not Going Out'' is a British television British sitcom, sitcom created, written by and starring Lee Mack. It has aired on BBC One since 2006 and is the second-longest-running British sitcom, behind ''Last of the Summer Wine'' (1973–2010). Th ...

'' * Lucy Ashton, the female protagonist of the novel ''

The Bride of Lammermoor ''The Bride of Lammermoor'' is a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott, published in 1819, one of the Waverley novels. The novel is set in the Lammermuir Hills of south-east Scotland, shortly before the Act of Union of 1707 (in the first editio ...

'' * Lucy Barker, a character in the musical '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' * Lucy Beale, a character in the TV series ''EastEnders'' * Lucy Camden-Kinkirk, a character in the TV series ''7th Heaven'' * Lucy Carlyle, a character in the novel series '' Lockwood & Co.'' * Lucy Coe, a character in the TV series ''General Hospital'' * Lucy Cunningham-Schultz, a character in the radio drama ''Adventures in Odyssey'' * Lucy Dennison, a character in Richie Tankersley Cusick's books series ''The Unseen'' * Lucy Emerson, a character in the film '' The Lost Boys'' * Lucy Fernandez, a character in the TV series '' Degrassi'' * Lucy Fields, a character in the TV series ''Grey's Anatomy'' * Lucy Gray Baird, a character in the novel '' The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes'' * Lucy Harris, a character in the musical '' Jekyll & Hyde'' * Lucy Heartfilia, the main female protagonist of the manga series ''Fairy Tail'' * Lucy Honeychurch, the protagonist of the novel '' A Room with a View'' * Lucy Kisaragi, a character from Aikatsu! * Lucy Knight, a character in the TV series ''ER'' * Lucy Lane, a character in the ''Superman'' comics * Lucy Loud, a character in the TV series ''The Loud House'' * Lucy Maria Misora, a character in the visual novel ''ToHeart2'' * Lucy Mills, a character in the TV series ''

Once Upon a Time "Once upon a time" is a stock phrase used to introduce a narrative of past events, typically in fairy tales and folk tales. It has been used in some form since at least 1380 in storytelling in the English language and has started many narrative ...

'' * Lucy Muir, in ''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'' *

Lucy Pevensie Lucy Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' series. She is the youngest of the four Pevensie children and the first to find the Wardrobe entrance to The Chronicles of Narnia, Narnia in ''The Lion, the Witc ...

, a character in the novel series ''Chronicles of Narnia'' *Lucy Preston, a character in the TV series ''Timeless'' * Lucy Quinn Fabray, a character in the TV series ''Glee'' * Lucy Ricardo, the star character of the TV series ''I Love Lucy'' * Lucy Robinson, a character in the TV series ''Neighbours'' * Lucy Romalotti, a character in the TV series ''The Young and the Restless'' * Lucy Simian, a character in the animated TV series ''

The Amazing World of Gumball ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' (also known simply as ''Gumball'' or by its abbreviation ''TAWOG''; retitled ''The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball'' beginning with its The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, seventh season) is an animated si ...

'' * Lucy Snowe, the heroine of the novel '' Villette'' * Lucy Steel, a character in the manga series ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' * Lucy Steele, a character in the novel ''

Sense and Sensibility ''Sense and Sensibility'' ( working title; ''Elinor and Marianne'') is the first novel by the English author Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously: ''By A Lady'' appears on the title page where the author's name might h ...

'' * Lucy Stillman, a character in the video game series ''

Assassin's Creed ''Assassin's Creed'' is a historical fiction, historical action-adventure video game series and media franchise published by Ubisoft and developed mainly by its studio Ubisoft Montreal using the game engine Anvil (game engine), Anvil and its m ...

'' * Lucy Tartan, a character in the novel '' Pierre: or, The Ambiguities'' * Lucy Tsukioka, a character in the manga series ''Ayakashi Triangle'' * Lucy van Pelt, a character in the comic strip ''

Peanuts ''Peanuts'' (briefly subtitled ''featuring Good ol' Charlie Brown'') is a print syndication, syndicated daily strip, daily and Sunday strip, Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run ext ...

'' *

Lucy Westenra Lucy Westenra is a fictional character in the 1897 novel ''Dracula'' by Bram Stoker. She is the 19-year-old daughter of a wealthy family and is Mina Harker, Mina Murray's best friend. Early in the story, Lucy gets proposed to by three suitors, A ...

, a character in the novel ''

Dracula ''Dracula'' is an 1897 Gothic fiction, Gothic horror fiction, horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. The narrative is Epistolary novel, related through letters, diary entries, and newspaper articles. It has no single protagonist and opens ...

'' * Lucy Whitmore, a character in the 2004 film '' 50 First Dates'' * Lucy Wilde, a character in the animated films '' Despicable Me 2', '' Despicable Me 3'', and

Despicable Me 4 ''Despicable Me 4'' is a 2024 American animated comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. The sequel to '' Despicable Me 3'' (2017), it is the fourth main installment and sixth overall entry in t ...

'' * Lucy "Tom-Tom" Wyman in the movie '' 13 Going on 30'' * Lucyna Kushinada, or Lucy, a character in the animated TV series '' Cyberpunk: Edgerunners'' * Wyldstyle, or Lucy, a character in the animated film '' The Lego Movie''

Feminine name variants

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Animals

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See also