Lucille

“Light” — Latin (via French Lucille, Latin Lucilla, praenomen Lucius) origin

Girl's name · #239 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Lucille was #27 in 1919, slipped to #1697 by 1992, and has climbed back to #239 today. Roughly 233,000 girls have been named Lucille since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Lu is a short form of Lucille.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,300 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 3,300 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 11,000 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lucilles

Lucille Ball — American actress (1911–1989)
Lucille La Verne — American actress (1872–1945)
Lucille Ricksen — American child actress (1910-1925)
Lucille Teasdale-Corti — Canadian medical doctor and surgeon who worked in Uganda (1929–1996)
Lucille Bliss — American actress (1916–2012)

In stories & tradition

Lucille Botzcowski — The Simpsons
Lucille Hewitt — fictional human
Lucille — That Yellow Bastard · The Hard Goodbye

What Lucilles become

Among 180 notable people named Lucille:

Entertainers appear 2.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lucille Ball, American actress (1911–1989).

Similar names: Vera · Lucia · Estelle · June · Maxine · Leona

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