Lucy

Etymology
Medieval English vernacular form of Lucia, name of a Sicilian martyr, from the feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lucius, from lux: "light".

Proper noun

 * : V:iv:9:
 * Then did my younger brother Amidas / Love that same other Damzell, Lucy bright,/ To whom but little dowre allotted was;/ Her vertue was the dowre, that did delight.
 * 1) * 1798 William Wordsworth: She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways:
 * She lived unknown, and few would know / When Lucy ceased to be;/ But she is in her grave, and, oh,/ The difference to me!
 * 1) * 1830 Mary Russell Mitford, Our Village: Fourth Series: Cottage Names:
 * But certainly there are some names which seem to belong to particular classes of character, to form the mind and even influence the destiny: Louisa, now; - is not your Louisa necessarily a die-away damsel, who reads novels, and holds her head on one side, languishing and given to love! Is not Lucy a pretty soubrette, a wearer of cast gowns and cast smiles, smart and coquettish!
 * 1) * 2009 Dora Raymond, Aunt Dora's Legacy, AuthorHouse, ISBN 1438980663, page 19 ( Lucy Who ):
 * Now we'll just use a fiction name / Lucy that sounds nice / A name we can remember / Without repeating twice / / My name is so old fashioned / And they are very few / But some will have a puzzled look / And whisper Lucy who?
 * 1)  derived from place names in Normandy based on a male personal name, from Latin Lucius.
 * : Act IV, Scene IV:
 * Here is Sir William Lucy, who with me / Set from our o'ermatch'd forces forth for aid.
 * Here is Sir William Lucy, who with me / Set from our o'ermatch'd forces forth for aid.

Related terms

 * variants: Lucia, Luci, Lucile, Lucille
 * male given names: Lucius, Lucian

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 露西, 露西亞, 露西亚
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 * Latvian: Lūcija
 * Russian: Люсия, Люси, Люция
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 * Swedish:

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