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.
- Belgium
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- Dutch
- ● 1597x1598 Lucia BoonenGes p. 324,
Lucie ibid. p. 373
- Czech Republic
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- Latin
- ● 1351 Lucie (dat) chlumecky 38;
1353 Lucze (dat) ibid. 96
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1189 Lucia (nom) GASurv p. 230;
1222 Lucia (nom) StPaulDom p. 2,
lucie (gen) ibid. p. 43;
1240 Lucia (nom) ibid. p. 120;
1256 Lucia (nom) EARNb p. 4;
1340xc1450 Lucia (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 6;
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;
1593 Luce (nom) RegSoAMar p. 16
- 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;
1559 Llewky RegSASel p. 4;
1560 leyky ibid. p. 5;
1571 Luce BEmar-vol2 p. 2;
1574 Luce StAnthonlin p. 23,
bruton1 p. 41;
1575 Luce OrpingtonKe p. 4;
1581 Luce DEmar-vol2 p. 6;
1587/8 Lewce RegBath p. 8;
1595 Luce BUmar-vol1 p. 27;
1599 Luce DEmar-vol2 p. 41
- France
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- 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
- ◑ 1299 Lucete (obl) HistHdVParis p. 148
- Middle French
- ● 1564 Luce RegPCC-1 p. 51;
1565 Luce ibid. p. 119;
1566 Luce ibid. p. 237;
1567 Luce ibid. p. 311;
1568 Luce ibid. p. 389
- ◑ 1563 Lucette RegPCC-1 p. 23;
1564 Lucette ibid. p. 83;
1565 Lucette ibid. p. 171;
1566 Lucette ibid. p. 265;
1567 Lucette ibid. p. 298;
1568 Lucette ibid. p. 366;
1570 Lucette ibid. p. 426;
1571 Lucette ibid. p. 472;
1572 Lucette ibid. p. 509
- Germany
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- Latin
- ● 1251 Lucie (gen) UrkMeck1 no. XLII;
1394 Lucia (nom) SMM p. 168
- Early New High German
- ● 1405 Lucein (gen) mairhofer DCLXXIX
- Italy
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- Latin
- ● 1164 Luca (nom) Livi p. 39;
1265x1339 Luxia (nom) BBC-Berg 535;
1360[1370] Lucia (nom) Livi 262;
1366 Lucia (nom) ibid. 94,
Luciam (acc) ibid. 84;
1367 Lucia (nom) ibid. 151,
Luciam (acc) ibid. 119;
1368 Lucia (nom) ibid. 198,
Luciam (acc) ibid. 217;
1369 Lucia (nom) ibid. 244,
Luciam (acc) ibid. 246;
1370 Lucia (abl) ibid. 260;
1514 Lucia (nom) SSPI p. 274;
1522x1532 Lucia (nom) DSF p. 58, 37;
1527 Lucia (nom) Rome1527 p. 87
- Italian
- ● 1513x1521 Lucia LeoX p. 15
- Lithuania
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- Polish
- ◑ 1545 Luchnę (acc) Kaunas2006 p. 82, 90
- Spain
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- Catalan
- ● 1131 Loucia RusGeb p. 263
- Spanish
- ● 1576 Lucia Catalogo-5.2 4036
- Sweden
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Lucie (dat) SDHK no. 6023
- Wales
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- Latin
- ● 1452 Lleuki (nom) ArchCambIII p. 72
- Welsh
- ● 1583 Llyckie RegCon1 p. 40
Cite as: A. Brown, R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Lucy". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2020, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2020/1/name/Lucy.