Lucy
LOO-see
Lucy is a classic name meaning “light.”
Meaning
Lucy is the English form of a name tied to Latin lux, lucis, meaning “light.” The excerpts also connect it with Lucius/Lucinette and note the idea of being “born at sunrise or daybreak,” reinforcing the light imagery.
Origin
EnglishLatinfeminine
Fun fact
The name flourished in both England and France, and the excerpts note it was especially popular in seventeenth-century England.
Confidence: sourced. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.