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Comments and insights on the name Lucy: | Edit

I always thought Lucys would get teased for being "loose-y", but I've never heard that in real life.
They do!
I have encountered far more dogs named Lucy than people!

Personal experiences with the name Lucy: | Edit

I love being called Lucy. People are always telling me they like it.

Nicknames for Lucy: | Edit

Luce, Lulu, Lu/Lou, Lucy Liu, Goose, Lucy Lastic, Lucie Goosey

Meanings and history of the name Lucy: | Edit

Lucy means "light", and is derived from Latin.

Famous real-life people named Lucy: | Edit

Lucille Ball, comedienne of I Love Lucy fame.
Lucy Lawless, aka Xena, Warrior Princess.
Lucy Maud Montgomery, a Canadian author, best known for a series of novels beginning with "Anne of Green Gables," published in 1908.
Lucy Grealy (1963-2002), memoirist/poet.
Lucy Stone (1818-1893), first recorded American woman to keep her own last name after marriage and a prominent American suffragist, first woman in Massachusetts to receive a college degree.
Lucy Webb Hayes, American First Lady, first First Lady to receive a college degree.
Lucy Terry Prince, author of the oldest known work of literature by an African American.

Lucy in song, story & screen: | Edit

Lucy, sister of Linus, nemesis of Charlie Brown.
"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", a song by The Beatles.
Lucy Pevensie, character in "Chronicles of Narnia" by C.S. Lewis.
Lucy Diamond, character in the film D.E.B.S.
Lucy Honeychurch, protagonist of the Merchant-Ivory film "A Room With A View".
Lucy, titular character in Sir Walter Scott's novel, the Bride of the Lammermoors
Lucy Steele, a character in "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen