Lucile

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Lucile

Say it: lew-SEEL

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Meaning

From Latin Lucilla, a diminutive of Lucia, from lux 'light'.

Certainscholars agree on this meaning.

Known in the revolutionary era and well used in late 20th-century France.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1900s

In the United States

34,825 babies given this name since 1880
At its height in 1908, about 1 in 565 girls
22 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Lucille

English	Lucille
Italian	Lucilla

Famous bearers

Lucile Desmoulins, diarist of the Revolution

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Where this comes from

Well-known works of literature
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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