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Italian Pronunciation: Loo-CHEEL-Lah.
Spanish Pronunciation: Loo-SEE-yah

Personal experiences with the name Lucilla: | Edit

My daughters name, we always get compliments on it.

Nicknames for Lucilla: | Edit

Luci, Lucy, Cilla, Cil

Meanings and history of the name Lucilla: | Edit

Italian Latin diminutive of "Lucia."

Little Light
Spanish form of Lucille. Pronounced "Loo-SEE-ya"

Famous real-life people named Lucilla: | Edit

Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla or Lucilla (March 7, 148 or 150-182) was the second daughter and third child of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger and an elder sister to future Roman Emperor Commodus. Daughter: Aurelia Lucilla (married to Claudius Pompeianus Quintianus).

St. Lucilla was an early Christian martyred under Valerian.

Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton was a British romantic novelist known as Lucilla Andrews.

Lucilla in song, story & screen: | Edit

Lucilla, Gladiator portrayed by Connie Nielsen
Lucilla, Fall of the Roman Empire portrayed by Sofia Loren

Painting - ST VALENTINE BAPTIZING ST LUCILLA, by Jacopo Bassano (Jacopo da Ponte) (1510-1592)