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, 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).

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) *Luca ( Hungarian) *Luce ( French, Italian) *Lucetta ( English) *Lucette ( French) *Lucy, Lusia, Lucia, Luciana, Lucinda ( Indonesian) *Luçia, Luçie, Luçije ( Albanian) *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) *Lucja ( Polish) *Lucy ( English) *Lucylia ( Polish) *Lucyna ( Polish) *Luz ( Spanish) *Luzi ( German) *Luzia ( German, Portuguese) *Luzie ( German).

People

* Lucy (Australopithecus) (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, 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 (born 1973), English actress * Lucy Davis (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 (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 Letby (born 1990), English serial killer * Lucy Liu (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 (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'' * 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'' * 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 Adams, a character in the TV series '' Not Going Out'' * Lucy Ashton, the female protagonist of the novel '' The Bride of Lammermoor'' * 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'' * 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'' * 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'' * Lucy Westenra, 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'' * 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

People

Animals

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See also