Lucile
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Latin lux, 'light'; variant of Luc
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/lysil/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lucile is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 2.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 81K
- USUnited States1 in 96K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 331 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈26,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Latin lux, 'light'; variant of Luc. Saint/name-day not given on this page.
Sources 1
- Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lucile counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | #387 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.6K | 38K | Lucile | 331 |
| US United States | — | 3,459 | 1 in 96K | 3.4K | Lucile | 238 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 170K | — | Lucile | 6 |
| GH Ghana | #574 | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 19K | — | Lucile | 6 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 81K | — | Lucile | 22 |
| CM Cameroon | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Lucile | 11 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 22K | 38 | Lucile | 44 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Lucile | 30 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lucile is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, French form related to Lucille/Lucius, from Latin lux, 'light'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Origine latine; signifie « lumière ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, Latin lux, lucis « light ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lucile Desmoulinsb. 1770FRFrench revolutionary
- George Sandb. 1804FRnot in their usual nameFrench novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
- Lucile Grahnb. 1819DKDanish ballet dancer (1819–1907)
- Lucile Watsonb. 1879CACanadian actress (1879-1962)
- Lucile Gleasonb. 1888USAmerican actress, political activist (1888-1947)
- Dixie Willsonb. 1890USnot in their usual nameAmerican writer, screenwriter (1890-1974)
- Lucile Randonb. 1904FRFrench Catholic sister and supercentenarian (1904–2023)
- Mary Astorb. 1906USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and author (1906–1987)
- Lucile Hadžihalilovićb. 1961FRFrench film director, film editor and screenwriter
- Rebecca Schaefferb. 1967USnot in their usual nameactress (1967-1989)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 46 sources across 29 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 38K | #423 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.4K | #5,087 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2024 | 38 | #255 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 26 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 11 | #5,087 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1936 | 5 | — |
| FR France | Dictionnaire Généalogique des Prénoms (Athias, 2007) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Le Grand Guide des Prénoms | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Lucile come from?
- From Latin lux, 'light'; variant of Luc. Saint/name-day not given on this page. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
- Is Lucile a male or female name?
- Lucile is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Lucile have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 26 thousand people named Lucile in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lucile.
- What does the name Lucile mean?
- Recorded meaning: From Latin lux, 'light'; variant of Luc.
- How do you pronounce Lucile?
- A machine transcription gives /lysil/ (IPA) for French.
- What are other forms of the name Lucile?
- In the etymology graph, Lucia, Luz and Cindy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How common is the name Lucile?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,459 people named Lucile in 2020, about 1 in 96 thousand residents.
- How common is Lucile compared with other names?
- In France, Lucile is the 387th most common given name of 754,146 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Lucile?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lucileThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lucile” — the 387th most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.