Lucy

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled לוסי in FR France, IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lucy is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name615K records spelled Lucy95 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Peru, Mexico

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish, English

  Also written Luci, Lucí, Lücy, Lücï, Lüci

• French given name72K records spelled Lucy3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Belgium

  Also written Lu-Cy, Lücy

• Hindi given name25K records spelled Lucy28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, South Africa

  Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

  Also written Lusi, Lushi, লুসি, Lucie, Luce

• Czech given name15K records spelled Lucy73 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Poland, United Kingdom

  Languages: Czech, Polish, Russian

  Also written Lucie, Люси, Lusi, Люсі, Ljusi

• Indonesian given name12K records spelled Lucy4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, United States, India

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Lücy, Lücý

• Finnish given name4.2K records spelled Lucy4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Hungary, United States, United Kingdom

  Languages: Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian

  Also written Lüčÿ

71 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lucy is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• From Old French Lucie, the vernacular form of Lucia. It is sometimes assumed LUCY LUDMILA that Lucy is a pet form of Lucinda, but there is no etymological justification for this assumption. It was in fairly widespread use in the Middle Ages, and increased greatly in popularity in the 18th century.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Swedish, Lucy är en engelsk form av → Lucia. Den franska formen Lucie används också i Sverige.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, Forma inglesa de Lucía.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In English, Light; see Luke

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• 1 English: from Old French Lucie , the vernacular form of LUCIA . It is sometimes assumed that Lucy is a pet form of LUCINDA , but there is no etymological justification for this assumption. It was in fairly widespread use in the Middle Ages, and increased greatly in popularity in the 18th century. 2 Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic LUÍSEACH . Top

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Luciab. 283ITnot in their usual namesaint from Italy
• Lucy Maud Montgomeryb. 1874CACanadian writer (1874–1942)
• Kate Jacksonb. 1948USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, producer, and director (born 1948)
• Nigella Lawsonb. 1960GBnot in their usual nameEnglish food writer and television cook (born 1960)
• Lucy Lawlessb. 1968NZNew Zealand actress
• Lucy Liub. 1968USAmerican actress (born 1968)
• Lucy Hawkingb. 1969GBEnglish journalist and novelist
• Charlotte Gainsbourgb. 1971GBnot in their usual nameFrench and British actress and singer (born 1971)
• Lucy Punchb. 1977GBBritish actress
• Ophelia Lovibondb. 1986GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actress (born 1986)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,790 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lucy?

We estimate roughly 600 thousand people bear Lucy (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Lucy have the most bearers?

Lucy is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled lucy.

Where is Lucy most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lucy is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 48 people — even though United Kingdom holds more of our records for it.

How common is Lucy compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Lucy is the 154th most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Lucy a male or female name?

Lucy is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lucy mean?

Recorded meaning: Feminine form of Lucius; name of a 3rd-century Sicilian virgin and martyr.