Lucy

French: [lysi]GenderFemaleName day13 DecemberOriginWord/nameLatinMeaningLightRegion of originLatinOther namesRelated namesLuci, Luce, Lucia, Lucie, Lucey, Lucio, Lucile, Luciana, Luciano, Lucinda, Cindy, Luca, Luz

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, Luce, Lucie, Lucia, and Luzia.

The English Lucy surname is taken from the Norman language that was Latin-based and derives from place names in Normandy based on 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

People (and other primates)

Fictional characters

  • Lucy, a character in the webtoon series Adventures of God
  • Lucy, the Girl from the British-French series 64 Zoo Lane
  • Lucy, a character in the film K.G.F: Chapter 1
  • Lucy, a character in the TV series Trailer Park Boys
  • Lucy, the protagonist of the film Lucy
  • Lucy, a character in the video game Metal Gear Acid 2
  • Lucy/Nyu, a character in the manga series Elfen Lied
  • Eponymous character in the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by the Beatles, said to be based on a drawing of Lucy O'Donnell or the LSD abbreviation
    • Lucy and the Diamonds, antagonists in the film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band based around the song
    • Lucy Carrigan, a main character in the film Across the Universe based loosely around the song
    • Lucy the Diamond Fairy, a character in the Rainbow Magic book franchise named after the song
  • Lucy Ashton, the female protagonist of the novel The Bride of Lammermoor
  • Lucy Barker, a character in the musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
  • Lucy Beale, a character in the TV series EastEnders
  • Lucy Camden-Kinkirk, a character in the TV series 7th Heaven
  • Lucy Carlyle, a character in the novel series Lockwood & Co.
  • Lucy Coe, a character in the TV series General Hospital
  • Lucy Cunningham-Schultz, a character in the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey
  • Lucy Dennison, a character in Richie Tankersley Cusick's books series The Unseen
  • Lucy Emerson, a character in the film The Lost Boys
  • Lucy Fernandez, a character in the TV series Degrassi
  • Lucy Fields, a character in the TV series Grey's Anatomy
  • Lucy Gray, a character in the novel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
  • Lucy Harris, a character in the musical Jekyll & Hyde
  • Lucy Heartfilia, the main female protagonist of the manga series Fairy Tail
  • Lucy Honeychurch, the protagonist of the novel A Room with a View
  • Lucy Knight, a character in the TV series ER
  • Lucy Lane, a character in the Superman comics
  • Lucy Loud, a character in the TV series The Loud House
  • Lucy Maria Misora, a character in the visual novel ToHeart2
  • Lucy Mills, a character in the TV series Once Upon a Time
  • Lucy Muir, in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
  • Lucy Pevensie, a character in the novel series Chronicles of Narnia
  • Lucy Preston, a character in the TV series Timeless
  • Lucy Quinn Fabray, a character in the TV series Glee
  • Lucy Ricardo, the star character of the TV series I Love Lucy
  • Lucy Robinson, a character in the TV series Neighbours
  • Lucy Romalotti, a character in the TV series The Young and the Restless
  • Lucy Simian, a character in the animated TV series The Amazing World of Gumball
  • Lucy Snowe, the heroine of the novel Villette
  • Lucy Steel, a character in the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
  • Lucy Steele, a character in the novel Sense and Sensibility
  • Lucy Stillman, a character in the video game series Assassin's Creed
  • Lucy Tartan, a character in the novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities
  • Lucy Tsukioka, a character in the manga series Ayakashi Triangle
  • Lucy van Pelt, a character in the comic strip Peanuts
  • Lucy Westenra, a character in the novel Dracula
  • Lucy Whitmore, a character in the 2004 film 50 First Dates
  • Lucy Wilde, a character in the animated films Despicable Me 2', Despicable Me 3, and Despicable Me 4
  • Lucyna Kushinada, or Lucy, a character in the animated TV series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
  • Wyldstyle, or Lucy, a character in the animated film The Lego Movie

See also

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