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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Lucy f. Latin lucia 'light'.

The name of a 3rd-4th C martyr who was one of the eight women, along with Mary, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass, which contributed to the popularity of the name in the Middle Ages.

While sometimes considered to be a feminine form of Luke, the names are in fact unrelated.

Czech Republic
Latin
● 1351 Lucie (dat) chlumecky 38
England
Latin
● 1381 Lucia (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 98
Middle English
● 1395 luce EEW p. 6; 1411 lucie ibid. p. 18, lucye ibid. p. 18
English
● 1530 Lucie LIWill-III p. 33; 1542 Luce DEmar-vol1 p. 78; 1571 Luce BEmar-vol2 p. 2; 1574 Luce StAnthonlin p. 23, bruton-vol1 p. 41; 1575 Luce OrpingtonKe p. 4; 1581 Luce DEmar-vol2 p. 6; 1595 Luce BUmar-vol1 p. 27; 1599 Luce DEmar-vol2 p. 41
France
Latin
● 1135 Luca (abl) clairvaux-12thc 7, Lucia (nom) ibid. 7; 1147 Luca (nom) ibid. 14, Luce (gen) ibid. 14, Lucia (abl) ibid. 14; 1163 Lucie (gen) ibid. 99; 1260 Lucia (nom) ArrestReg-volI XIV, St. Martin, Lucie (gen) ibid. XIV, St. Martin
Old French
● 1296 Luce paris1296 p. 12
Germany
Early New High German
● 1405 Lucein (gen) mairhofer DCLXXIX
Italy
Latin
● 1514 Lucia (nom) Rossi-StudiStoria p. 274; 1527 Lucia (nom) Rome1527 p. 87
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