Lucille

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Lucille, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Ball
• Camille
• Josephine
• Estelle
• Noelle
• Eloise
• Elise
• Genevieve
• Nadine
• Elaine
• Juliet
• Juliette

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Lucille is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Philippines, Canada

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Lucìlle, Lucílle, Luçille, Lüçïllë, Lùcille

• Polish given name17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Russia, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Lucile, Люсиль

• Italian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, San Marino

  Also written Luciĺle

• Greek given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Lucile, Λουσιλ

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Lucille 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 English, A female given name from French Lucille [in turn from Latin Lucilla], of 1910s US usage.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, weibl. Vom., englische [lu'sil] Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• From Latin. See main dictionary. M

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

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.

• Lucille La Verneb. 1872USAmerican actress (1872–1945)
• Joan Crawfordb. 1905USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1908–1977)
• Lucille Ballb. 1911USAmerican actress (1911–1989)
• Lucille Fletcherb. 1912USAmerican playwright and screenwriter (1912–2000)
• June Forayb. 1917USnot in their usual nameAmerican voice actress (1917–2017)
• Ann Millerb. 1923USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and dancer (1923–2004)
• Mamie Van Dorenb. 1931USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Lucy Lawlessb. 1968NZnot in their usual nameNew Zealand actress
• Lucy Haleb. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and singer
• Phoebe Bridgersb. 1994USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician (born 1994)

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).

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.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Where does the name Lucille come from?

French form of Lucilla, used also in the English-speaking world, especially in the southern United States. A wellknown bearer of the name was the American comedy actress Lucille Ball (1910-89). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

What does the name Lucille mean?

Recorded meaning: French form of Lucilla, used also in the English-speaking world, especially in the southern United States.

What are other forms of the name Lucille?

In the etymology graph, Lucia, Luz and Cindy are forms of the same name in other languages.

Is Lucille a male or female name?

Lucille is used for both men and women, depending on the country. National registers that list names by sex disagree: United States (Census Bureau, 2020): listed as female; France (INSEE, 2024): listed as female; Netherlands (Meertens NVB): listed as female; Finland (DVV): listed under both sexes. We don't publish a percentage split.

In which country does Lucille have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 59 thousand people named Lucille, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lucille.

How common is the name Lucille?

In the United States, the national register counted 58,884 people named Lucille in 2020, about 1 in 5.6 thousand residents.

How common is Lucille compared with other names?

In the United States, Lucille is the 434th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

How do you pronounce Lucille?

In English /luˈsiːl/ (Wiktionary).