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Name meaning & stats

Lucille

Lucille means “light” (French origin). 60,537 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.

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What it means

“light”

FrenchWell documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 1942

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60,537 US babies were named Lucille between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Lucille (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 95% of the family

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1942)