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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; 1353 Lucze (dat) ibid. 96
England
Latin
● 1189 Lucia (nom) GASurv p. 230; 1256 Lucia (nom) EARNb p. 4; 1377 Luce (gen) FenPT-2 p. 4; 1381 Lucia (nom) ibid. p. 6, Suffolk1381 p. 98; 1557 Lucia (nom) StMartF p. 59; 1561 Lucia (nom) Chst-1 p. 10; 1571 Lucæ (gen) ibid. p. 11
Dutch
● 1594 Lucia AuFr Becker
Middle English
● 1395 luce EEW p. 6; 1411 lucie ibid. p. 18, lucye ibid. p. 18
Early Modern 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
● 1030 Lucia (nom) StVdM-II 682; 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; 1179 Luca (nom) ibid. 180, Lucia (nom) ibid. 179; 1260 Lucia (nom) ArrestReg-volI XIV, St. Martin, Lucie (gen) ibid. XIV, St. Martin
Old French
● 1296 Luce paris1296 p. 12
Middle French
● 1564 Luce RegPCC-1 p. 51; 1565 Luce ibid. p. 119
◑ 1563 Lucette RegPCC-1 p. 23; 1564 Lucette ibid. p. 83; 1565 Lucette ibid. p. 171
Germany
Early New High German
● 1405 Lucein (gen) mairhofer DCLXXIX
Italy
Latin
● 1514 Lucia (nom) Rossi-StudiStoria p. 274; 1522x1532 Lucia (nom) DSF p. 58, 37; 1527 Lucia (nom) Rome1527 p. 87
Lithuania
Polish
◑ 1545 Luchnę (acc) Kaunas2006 p. 82, 90
Sweden
Latin
● 1350 Lucie (dat) SDHK no. 6023
Wales
Latin
● 1452 Lleuki (nom) ArchCambIII p. 72
Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Lucy". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Lucy.