Lucie

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Lucie

Say it: lew-SEE

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Meaning

From Latin Lucia, from lux 'light'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Honouring Saint Lucy, used for centuries and popular in France today.

Its wave through time

Most used in the 1880s

In the United States

6,877 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1880, about 1 in 4,000 girls
162 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

English	Lucy
Italian	Lucia
Czech	Lucie
Polish	Łucja
Croatian	Lucija
Serbian	Lucija

Famous bearers

Lucie Aubrac, Resistance fighter

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Where this comes from

Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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