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Lucille

What does Lucille mean?

Lucille Pronunciation of Lucille as a girls' name is pronounced loo-SEEL. It is of French and Latin origin, and the meaning of Lucille is "light". Diminutive of Lucy. Lucilla was used by the Romans and revived in the 19th century. Comedienne Lucille Ball.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Lu-, -lle

ASSOCIATED WITH light, romans, 19th century

Variations

VARIANTS Loucille, Luciela, Lucienne, Lucila, Lucile, Lucilia, Lucilla, Lucyle, Luseele, Lusile

RELATIONS VIA LUCY Luce, Lucette, Luci, Lucia, Luciana, Lucida, Lucie, Lucina, Lucinda, Lucine, Lucita

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lucille Davina (L.D.), ..

How popular is Lucille?

Lucille is a very prominent first name for women (#145 out of 4276, Top 3%) but an unusual surname for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Lucille reached its apex rank of #29 in the U.S. during 1910-1919, and is at #295 presently. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lucille name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Lucille outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Prominent variation forms of Lucille (#295 A YEAR AGO) are Lucy (#51), Lucia (#183), Luciana (#349), Lucie (#1375), Lucinda (#1628), Luci, Lucienne, Lucile, Lucina and Lucyle. Adoption of these relations of Lucille was at its apex during 1910-1919 (USAGE OF 1.2%) and has become much reduced since (USAGE 0.5%, DOWN 58%), with forms such as Lucinda becoming somewhat outmoded. Luciana and Lucia are two of the more contemporarily stylish girl names in this compilation.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lucille, Luci, Lucia, Luciana, Lucie in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Lucienne, Lucile, Lucina, Lucinda, Lucy, Lucyle in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Lucia, Lucie, Lucy outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Aprille, Aurelle, Aurielle, Basille, Bazille, Camille, Cecile, Cecille, Cybille, Cyrille, Danille, Darille, Emille, Ethille (see Ethel), Hille, Jamille, Jocelle, Junelle, Kamille, Lachelle, Lacie, Lacole, Lailie, Lanelle, Lauralle (see Laurel), Laurelle, Lavelle, Lilie, Lilla, Lilley, Lilli, Lillie, Lilly, Loralle, Lorelle, Lorilee, Lucerne, Lucinna, Lucrece, Ludmilla, Luella, Luelle, Luise, Lusine, Lynelle, Marcille, Mille, Murielle, Neille, Nicolle, Rudelle, Suzelle, Sybille, Teille and Yudelle. These names tend to be less frequently used than Lucille.

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