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The first name 
Lucy

Lucy is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.

The name Lucy is very popular!

The first name Lucy is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #49 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Lucy, accounting for approximately 0.30 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 187,722 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Lucy. That is 0.06 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Lucy

What does the name 
Lucy mean?

The first name Lucy is a female variant of the name Lucius and goes back to the Latin word ‘lux’. The name means ‘shining’ or ‘as of light’.

Lucy the Elephant... is a six-story wooden elephant constructed in 1881. It is located in Margate City, New Jersey and is a famous roadside attraction.

There are many heroines and legends named Lucy

A Legendary Song Character

Lucy
Lucy is the eponymous character in the Beatles song 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' (1967) which is said to be based on a drawing of Lucy O'Donnell, a classmate of John Lennons three-year-old son Julian. Lennon, who mainly wrote the song, denied the rumours of a connection between the LSD abbreviation and the song title. 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' has been released first on the album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band LP' (1967). In 1974, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson named the hominin species Australopithecus afaren Lucy after he had repeatedly listened to the song in the expedition camp where the bones of Lucy were found.

Pioneer of Television Comedy

Lucy Ball (1911 - 1989)
Lucille [D鳩r饝 Ball was an American actress, comedian, and producer. She was considered a pioneer of television comedy, and became widely known as the main character of the sitcom "I Love Lucy", which remains one of the most beloved shows of all time. Ball was a trailblazer for women in the entertainment industry and her sharp wit and comedic timing inspired generations of performers. In addition, she was a successful film and television producer.

A Multi-Talent

Lucy Hale (*1989)
Lucy Hale is an American actress and singer who first rose to fame as a contestant on the reality show 'American Juniors' (2003). She transfered to acting soon after and received her breakthrough role as Aria Montgomery in the popular TV show 'Pretty Little Liars' (2010

Heroine of the Serial

Lucy Lawless (*1968)
Lucy Frances Lawless is a New Zealand actress, singer, and environmental activist. Her most famous performance is probably that of the figure Xena in the television series 'Xena: Warrior Princess' (1995

TV and Cinema Star

Lucy Liu (*1968)
Lucy Liu is an actress, director, and artist who gained first recognition for her role as Ling Woo in the hit TV show 'Ally McBeal' (1998 – 2022) and has since starred in numerous films, including 'Charlie's Angels' (2000,2003) and 'Kill Bill' (2003). Liu has also directed several episodes of popular TV shows such as 'Elementary' (2012) demonstrating her versatility and range in the industry. She won several accolades such as Critics' Choice Television Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.

A Christian Martyr

Saint Lucy (283 - 304)
Lucia of Syracuse, better known as Saint Lucy, was a Christian martyr who lived in the 4th century in Italy. She is the patron saint of the blind and is remembered for her bravery in the face of persecution. Her feast day, celebrated on December 13th, is a popular holiday in many countries, particularly in Scandinavia where it is traditional to eat a type of sweet saffron bread.

Go on a journey to places 
with your name

When you hear the name Lucy, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Lucy? Are you also called Lucy? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...

Lake Lucy is...

a lake in Carver County, Minnesota, with an area of 92 acres. It was named for the wife of Burritt S. Judd, an early settler.

The Lucy soil series...

are named for the unincorporated community Lucy in Houston County, Alabama. The local post office operated under the name Lucy from 1903 to 1908.

Many communes in France...

bear the name Lucy - for example Lucy in the Moselle department, Lucy in the Seine-Maritime department or Lucy-sur-Yonne in the Yonne department.

Lucy -
very popular in the late 19th century

Appearing throughout the time in the United States, the name Lucy is a staple in the country: Girls have been given the name Lucy for more than 140 years, according to official U.S. naming statistics. Lucy is therefore one of the 432 girls’ names that have been given every year since 1880. Even beyond that, Lucy is a very special name that peaked in popularity over 100 years ago in the 19th century, ranking in the top 100 girls' names in our SmartGenius first name statistics: With #43 Lucy has never been more popular than back in 1881.

In years where the graph has no value, the name Lucy was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.

4,416 newborn babies with the name Lucy in 2022

As many as 4,416 babies were named Lucy in the USA in 2022, ranking it #46 on the list of the most popular girls' names for that year. However, it experienced its lowest point of popularity in 1978, when it was only ranked #566 of all female names in our SmartGenius statistics – back then only 291 girls were named Lucy.

Lucy -
well known in all states of the USA, most popular in New Mexico

There are only 537 different women’s names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Lucy is one of them. However, Lucy is not equally widespread in all states, but people in New Mexico seem to particularly fancy this name – the 2,604 women called Lucy who live here are 0,329% of all female residents and push their name up to #71, easily placing it in the top 100 most common female names in New Mexico.

Lucy has 4 letters 
and begins with an L

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter L is a particularly popular initial letter for girls' names – 6.8% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for girls’ names are A and S.

With four letters, the name Lucy is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

That means that with 6.8% of all girls' names that begin with an L, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. If you are now wondering which girls' name with L is the most common... the answer is Linda.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Lucy

If your name is Lucy and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Lucy

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Lucy, you can simply say:

Lion

Unicorn

Cat

Yoyo

This is how the name Lucy is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Lucy in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Lucy

Lucy

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Lucy

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Lucy is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

L
U
C
Y

Have you ever waved the name Lucy

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

L
U
C
Y

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Lucy sounds like this: