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Meaning

The name Lucy has the following meaning:

Variant of Lucy, which means "Light" in Latin. Attained popularity alongside other names that end with "-inda", such as Clarinda, and also helped by the mid 20th century craze over the name "Lucille". Recently identified with the misguided fairy in the movie "Ella Enchanted".
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Lucy is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 221 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Lucy rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 11 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 101 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Lucy in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Lucy is very likely a(n) Nickname variant of the name Lucinda. See other suggested Nickname girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Lucinda.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Lucy and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Lucy: Boys - Atticus, Cassius, Corbin, Dexter, Fidel, Seneca, Silvio, Trent, Girls - Carla, Kiersten, Marina, Rosella, Venus, Both genders - Anthony

Variants

The name Lucy is a variant of Lucinda. Other popular variants of the name Lucinda are: Cinda, Cindy (Nickname), Loucinda, Lucie (French), Lucinde (French), Lucy (Nickname), Lusinda, Sinda, Sindy

Style

We think the name Lucy should fall under the following style category: Ladylike.

See other Ladylike girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Lucy to be: A fair maiden, with strength of character

In one word, you might describe Lucy as a(n) "strong" person.

See other "strong" names for girls.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Lucinda for names of some famous persons with the name Lucy or Lucinda (or their variants).
Lily (66)
Leah (78)
Lydia (132)
Layla (191)
Liliana (224)
Lindsay (234)
Lauryn (326)
Lexi (381)
Leilani (383)
Lisa (386)
Liane
Lillie
Laramar
Lawande
Levonda
Lali
Leverna
Lidiy
Luenetter
Lakeshia
Girl names of similar style (Ladylike)

Girl names which give the impression of someone who's 'strong'

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