Lucy is an 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 are Luci and Lucie.
The English Lucy surname is taken from the Norman language that was Latin-based and derives from place names in Normandy based on the 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
Luíseach (Irish) Lusine, Լուսինե, Լուսինէ (Armenian) Lucija, Луција (Serbian) Lucy, Люси (Bulgarian) Lutsi, Луци (Macedonian) Lutsija, Луција (Macedonian) Liùsaidh (Scottish Gaelic) 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)
Female people with the name
Saint Lucy (283–304), Roman Christian saint and martyr Lucy, Japanese past member of rock band LAZYgunsBRISKY Lucy, South Korean member of girl group Wooah LUCY, professional name of Cooper B. Handy (born 1994), American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer Lucy (footballer) (born 1960), Brazilian former international footballer Lucy A. Delaney (c. 1828–1830–1910), African-American seamstress, slave narrator, and community leader Lucy A. Mallory (1846–1920), American writer, publisher, newspaper editor, and spiritualist Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris (1865–1935), American historian and teacher Lucy A. Snyder (born 1971), American science fiction-, fantasy-, humor-, horror-, and non-fiction writer Lucy Achiro Otim (born 1986), Ugandan politician and gender specialist Lucy Adams (born 2003), American field hockey player Lucy Addison (1861–1937), African American school teacher and principal Lucy Adeline Briggs Cole Rawson Peckinpah Smallman (1840–1920), American watercolor botanical artist and botanical collector Lucy Adlington (born 1970), British social- and textile historian, vintage clothing collector, and author Lucy Agnes Smyth (1882–1972), Irish political activist and military personnel Lucy Aharish (born 1981), Israeli journalist, news anchor, television host, and actress Lucy Aikin (1781–1864), English writer and biographer Lucy Akello (born 1980), Ugandan social worker and politician Lucy Akhurst (born 1970), English actress, writer, and director Lucy Aldrich (1869–1955), American philanthropist and art collector Lucy Alexa Heathcote Currie (1868–1957), Indian-born British Anglican medical- and education missionary, midwife, and nurse Lucy Alexander (born 1971), English television presenter and property expert Lucy Alibar (born 1983), American screenwriter and playwright Lucy Allais, South African academic and philosopher Lucy Allan, several people Lucy Ameh (born 1980), Nigerian Nollywood actress and businesswoman Lucy Anderson, several people Lucy Anin (born 1939), Ghanaian politician Lucy Ann (disambiguation), several people Lucy Ansell, Australian actress Lucy Appleby (1920–2008), English traditional cheesemaker Lucy Arbell (1878–1947), French mezzo-soprano Lucy Ariel Williams Holloway (1905–1973), African-American poet Lucy Armstrong (born 1991), English composer Lucy Ash, British documentary-maker, journalist, broadcaster, and author Lucy Ashjian (1907–1993), American photographer Lucy Ashworth-Clifford (born 1999), English footballer Lucy Aston, English former wife of actor, director, and television presenter Martin Clunes Lucy Atkins (born 1968), British author and journalist Lucy Atkinson (1817–1893), English explorer and author Lucy Awuni Mbun, Ghanaian politician Lucy Ayoub (born 1992), Israeli television presenter, poet, and radio host Lucy Bacon (1857–1932), American painter Lucy Bailey, British theatre director Lucy Bakewell Audubon (1787–1874), British-born American educator and philanthropist Lucy Baldwin (1869–1945), English writer and activist for maternal health Lucy Balian Rorke-Adams (born 1929), American pediatric neuropathologist Lucy Barbara Bradby, birth name of Barbara Hammond (1873–1961), English social historian Lucy Barfield (1935–2003), English godchild of author, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian C. S. Lewis Lucy Barnes, several people Lucy Barnett (born 2006), Isle of Man cricketer Lucy Barrow McIntire (1886–1967), American suffragist, activist, preservationist, actress, and poet Lucy Bartholomew (born 1996), Australian ultramarathon runner and endurance athlete Lucy Barton (1891–1979), American academic Lucy Barzun Donnelly, American film producer Lucy Batty, birth name of Skyla (born 1991), English dance singer Lucy Baxley (1937–2016), American politician Lucy Baxter (1837–1902), English writer on art Lucy Bayet, Australian fashion model Lucy Beall Candler Owens Heinz Leide (1883–1962), American heiress Lucy Beall Lott (born 1998), American-British academic, activist, and model Lucy Beatrice Malleson, real name of Anthony Gilbert (writer) (1899–1973), English crime writer Lucy Beaumont, several people Lucy Bedroque, American musician Lucy Beecroft (born 1996), English professional squash player Lucy Beere (born 1982), Guernsey international lawn- and indoor bowler Lucy Beeton (1829–1886), Aboriginal Tasmanian schoolteacher, trader, and Christian leader Lucy Beland (1870–1952), American criminal Lucy Bell (born 1968), English-born Australian actress Lucy Bella Earl (born 1994), British teacher of English, and YouTuber Lucy Bellinger (born 1993), Australian former AFLW player Lucy Bellwood (born 1989), American cartoonist and illustrator Lucy Bement (1868–1940), American medical missionary in China Lucy Benjamin (born 1970), English actress Lucy Beresford, English broadcaster, presenter, novelist, and psychotherapist Lucy Bethia Walford (1845–1915), Scottish novelist and artist Lucy Bhreatnach (1924–2007), Spanish-born Irish language activist Lucy Bigelow (1830–1905), American wife of Mormon leader Brigham Young Lucy Birley (1959–2018), English model, photographer, and socialite Lucy Blake, American conservationist Lucy Bland, English professor of social- and cultural history Lucy Bloom (born 1973), South African-born Australian businesswoman, speaker, and author Lucy Blue, several people Lucy Bogari, Papua New Guinean diplomat Lucy Booth (1868–1953), English Salvation Army officer Lucy Boryer (born 1966), American actress Lucy Boscana (1915–2001), Puerto Rican actress and television pioneer Lucy Bowen McCauley (born 1959), American choreographer, dancer, and teacher Lucy Boyden (born 2000), American politician Lucy Boynton (born 1994), English-American actress Lucy Bradshaw, several people Lucy Bramlette Patterson (1865–1942), American committee woman, author, and activist Lucy Brewer, American writer and purported female Marine during the War of 1812 Lucy Briers, English actress Lucy Brightwell (1811–1875), English etcher and author Lucy Broadwood (1858–1929), English folksong collector and researcher Lucy Brocadelli (1476–1544), Italian Dominican tertiary whom Roman Catholics fame as a mystic and a stigmatic Lucy Bronze (born 1991), English professional footballer Lucy Brooks, several people Lucy Brown (disambiguation), several people Lucy Browne Johnston (1846–1937), American social- and political reformer and women's suffrage activist Lucy Bryan (born 1995), English pole vaulter Lucy Buck (1842–1918), American diarist Lucy Burle (born 1955), Brazilian former international freestyle- and butterfly swimmer Lucy Burman (1922–2004), American writer and union activist Lucy Burns (1879–1966), American suffragist and women's rights advocate Lucy Burwell Berkeley (1683–1716), American aristocrat Lucy Burwell Page Saunders (1808–1885), American writer Lucy C. Turnbull (1931–2019), American classics scholar, college professor, and museum director Lucy Caldwell (born 1981), Northern Irish playwright and novelist Lucy Calkins, American educator and professor Lucy Campbell, several people Lucy Cane (c. 1866–1926), Irish public servant Lucy Cappadona (born 2002), American soccer player Lucy Carnegie Ferguson (1899–1989), American conservationist; member of the industrialist Carnegie family Lucy Carpenter (born 1969), British chemist and professor of physical chemistry Lucy Carr (born 1976), English singer and model Lucy Cary (c. 1619–1650), English Benedictine nun and biographer Lucy Caslon, English founder of international charitable organization Msizi Africa Lucy Cavendish (1841–1925), English pioneer of women's education Lucy Chaffee Alden (1836–1912), American author, educator, and hymnwriter Lucy Chaffer (born 1983), Australian skeleton racer Lucy Chambers (1834–1894), Australian contralto Lucy Chambers (actress) (born 2006/2007), English actress Lucy Chao (1912–1998), Chinese poet and translator Lucy Chappell, English professor of obstetrics Lucy Charles-Barclay (born 1993), English professional triathlete Lucy Charlotte Benson (1860–1943), Australian organist, musician, and theatrical entrepreneur Lucy Chase (1822–1909), American schoolteacher during the American Civil War Lucy Chege (born 1976), Kenyan volleyball player Lucy Chester Parke (1709–1770), British colonial subject of Antigua, and plantation owner Lucy Christalnigg (1872–1914), Austro-Hungarian countess and aristocrat Lucy Christopher, British-Australian author Lucy Clementina Davies (1795–1879), French-born Scottish author Lucy Clifford (1846–1929), English novelist, playwright, and journalist Lucy Coats (born 1961), English writer of children's books Lucy Cohu (born 1968), English stage- and film actress Lucy Coleman (born 1998), Australian rower Lucy Coleman (director), Australian filmmaker Lucy Coles (1865–?), American missionary who traveled to Liberia Lucy Collett (born 1989), English glamour model Lucy Collinson, British microbiologist and electron microscopist Lucy Connolly, English criminal in the 2024 United Kingdom riots Lucy Cooke (born 1969/1970), British zoologist, author, television producer, director, and presenter Lucy Cores (1912–2003), Russian-American novelist Lucy Corin, American novelist and short story writer Lucy Cotton (1895–1948), American actress Lucy Cousins (born 1964), English author and illustrator of children's books Lucy Covington (1910–1982), Native American tribal leader and political activist Lucy Cox, several people Lucy Craft Laney (1854–1933), American educator Lucy Crane (1842–1882), English writer, art critic, and translator Lucy Cranwell (1907–2000), New Zealand botanist Lucy Crawford (?–1869), American member of the Crawford family of the White Mountains Lucy Creamer (born 1971), English professional climber Lucy Creemer Peckham (1842–1923), American nurse, physician, and poet Lucy Cripps (born 2001), Australian cricketer Lucy Crowe (born 1978), English soprano in opera and concert Lucy Cruz, American politician Lucy Culliton (born 1966), Australian artist Lucy D. Taylor (?–1965), American author, educator, and authority on interior decoration Lucy Dacus (born 1995), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Lucy Dahl (born 1965), English screenwriter