Lucy
Meaning: Its source is lux, a Latin name meaning "Light."
Origin: "lux."
Languages: This girl's name is used in Dutch and English.
Compound Forms: Lucynell
Variant Forms: Lucine
Popularity: The name Lucy ranked 279th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 208th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name is highly rated in the 1990 U.S. Census popularity survey of all ages, but after 1960 does not appear in the state data listing the most popular baby names.
Narrative: In Armenian it means moon.
Arts and Music
- ''Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds''
- Words and music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney (see list of Names in Song titles)
Leadership
- Lucy Stone (born 1818, died 1893)
American suffragette and editor.
- The first woman arrested for civil disobedience in the U.S. (see list of Noted Social Reformers and Educators)
Miscellaneous
- Lucy Ware Webb Hayes (born 1831, died 1889)
- Wife of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President (see list of United States First Ladies)
- Lucy Maud Montgomery (born 1874, died 1942)
Canadian children's author. Best known for Anne of Green Gables.
- Born in Clifton, Prince Edward Island (see list of Famous Canadians)
- Lucy Grimes Nelson
- Wife of Thomas Nelson, Jr. (see list of Wives of Signers of the Declaration of Independence)
- Lucy Stone (born 1818, died 1893)
American suffragette and editor.
- Member of National Women''s Hall of Fame (see list of National Women's Hall of Fame Members)
- Lucy Warner
- 1970 Mademoiselle Award winner (see list of Mademoiselle Award Winners)
Science and Philosophy
- Lucy W. Pickett
American chemist.
- 1957 winner of the American Chemical Society''s Garvan Medal (see list of Chemists)
Sports
- Lucy Morton
British athlete.
- 1924 Olympic swimming gold medal winner for 200m breaststroke (see list of Olympic Gold Medalists in Miscellaneous Swimming Events)
Stage and Screen
- Lucy Cabot
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Deborah Adair (see list of Characters on ''Melrose Place'')
- Lucy Coe
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''General Hospital'''' (see list of Characters on ''General Hospital'')
- Lucy Cooper
Fictional character.
- Character on the soap opera ''''Guiding Light'''' (see list of Characters on ''Guiding Light'')
- Lucy Lee Flippin
- Portrayed Eliza Jane Wilder from 1979-82 (see list of Actors on ''Little House on the Prairie'')
- Lucy Liu
American actress
- Starred in Payback, Ally McBeal (TV) (see list of see Hollywood Freshwomen)
- Lucy Moran
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Kimmy Robertson (see list of Characters on ''Twin Peaks'')
- Lucy Ricardo
Fictional character.
- Portrayed by Lucille Ball (see list of Characters on ''I Love Lucy'')
The Literary World
- Lucy Allard
Fictional character.
- Character in None Shall Look Back by Caroline Gordon (see list of Characters in Literature of the American South)
- Lucy Honeychurch
Fictional character
- A girl trapped by English propriety in E. M. Forster''s novel, Room with a View (see list of Characters from the Classics)
- Lucy Larcom (born 1824, died 1893)
American poet, editor and educator.
- Wrote A New England Girlhood (see list of Poets of the Victorian Era)
- Lucy Swann
Fictional character.
- A girl that Larry and Nadine meet at the beach in Stephen King''s novel The Stand (see list of Characters in The Stand)
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Teasing Nicknames:
- Juicy Lucy
- Lucifer
- Loud Lucy
- Lucy Goosie
- Loose
- Poocy
- Lucy Lastic
- Lucy Locket
- Lu-Lu Bell
- Lucy-in-the-sky-with-diamonds (from the Beatles song)
Associations:
''Lucy'' is the nickname of the fossilized remains of an early hominid, discovered in Africa, whose species may be ancestral to humans.








