Lucy

For other uses, see Lucy (disambiguation).

Lucy
Pronunciation	/ˈluːsi/ LOO-see; French: [lysi]
Gender	Female
Name day	December 31
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
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)
• 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)
• Luziya (Russian)
• Lusine (Armenian)
• Liosibhe (Irish)

People

Surname

• Autherine Lucy, first black student to attend the University of Alabama
• Charles Lucy, English historical painter of the Victorian era
• Donny Lucy, baseball player
• Gary Lucy, English television actor and model
• Sir Henry Lucy JP, an English journalist and humorist
• Jeffrey Lucy, former Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
• Judith Lucy, Australian comedian
• Julie Ashton-Lucy, international field hockey umpire from Queensland, Australia
• Sir Thomas Lucy, builder of Charlecote Park in 1558
• Tom Lucy, international rower
• William Lucy, English clergyman

Given name

• Lucy (Australopithecus) (c. 3,000,000 BCE), fossil also known as AL 288-1
• Saint Lucy (283–304), Christian saint and martyr
• Lucille Ball (1911–1989), American actress and comedian remembered for her character "Lucy"
• Lucy DeCoutere, actress, best known for playing "Lucy" on the Trailer Park Boys
• Shannon Spruill (born 1975), American professional wrestler who used the stage name "Lucy Furr"
• Lucy Durack, Australian actress and singer
• Lucy Hale, American actress
• Lucy Hockings, New Zealand born television presenter on BBC World News
• Lucy Jones, American seismologist
• Lucy Liu, American actress
• Lucy Parsons, American labor organizer, radical socialist and anarchist communist
• Lucy Qinnuayuak, Inuit Canadian artist
• Lucy Temerlin (1964–1987), a chimpanzee known for her use of American Sign Language
• Lucy Stone (1818-1893), American activist

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 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'sJekyll & 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
• 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 2008–10 specials of the Doctor Who revival series
• Lucy Stillman, recurring character in Assassin's Creed

See also

• Loosey's Rap
• Luci
• Lusi
• Lucie
• Lucey
• Lucy, Australopithecus fossil
• Lucia (disambiguation)
• Lucius (disambiguation)
• Lucifer (disambiguation)