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What does Lucille mean?
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.
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(female)
(male)
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)
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.
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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