Given name & surname
Lucie
“light”
Lucie is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in English, French, German, Czech, and 1 other language.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lucie is a form of Lucy. Lucy goes back to a word meaning “light.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
In German use, Lucie has a related form in Lucia. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In French usage, Lucie is a feminine form of Lucius.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lucie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,749
- 0 boys · 7,749 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 207 babies
- 2025
- 207
- #1,130 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 207 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,130 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 15.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (26). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,686 as a first name in 2020; 198 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lucie’s family of names
In Czech usage, Lucie has a diminutive in LUCINKA. In French usage, Lucie is a feminine form of Lucius. In French usage, Lucie has a conventional equivalent in the Basque form Luke.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lucie has relatives in 31 languages.
31 related names in 31 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lucyvariant · English
- Luciavariant · German, Swedish
- Lucilevariant · French
- Lusinevariant · Norwegian
- Luccielikely variant
- Lucinkadiminutive · Czech
- Luckadiminutive · Czech
- Luzievariant · German
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 28
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lucie
- Lucie ŠafářováCzech tennis playerborn 1987
- Lucie HradeckáCzech tennis playerborn 1985
- Lucie JonesBritish singerborn 1991
- Lucie Décossejudokaborn 1981
- Lucie SilvasBritish singerborn 1977
- Madeleine RenaudFrench actress1900–1994
- Lucie VondráčkováCzech singer and actressborn 1980
- Lucie Delarue-MardrusFrench writer and sculptor1874–1945
- Lucie RieAustrian-born British studio potter (1902-1995)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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