Given name
Lucette
Lucette is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Norman.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Norman usage, Lucette is a diminutive of Lucia.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lucette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 379
- 0 boys · 379 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,843 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −6%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,843 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 611 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lucette’s family of names
In Norman usage, Lucette is a diminutive of Lucia. Lucette has a related form in Lucy. In French usage, Lucette has a conventional equivalent in the German form Lucia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lucette has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lucette
- Lucette DescavesFrench pianist (1906-1993)
- Lucette LagnadoAmerican journalist (1956–2019)
- Lucette Michaux-ChevryFrench politician (1929-2021)
- Lucette MoreauCanadian athleteborn 1956
- Lucette ValensiFrench historianborn 1936
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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