Lucila
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning light-giving; a form of Lucia.
Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Lucila by the numbers
Lucila was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 40 babies in 1979, making it a 1970s name.
Other names that come from Lucia
Like Lucila, each of these traces back to Lucia: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lucila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Luciafrom Lucius; light-bearing284 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lucilelight-giving; a form of Lucy29 in the US (2017)
- Lucinaof childbirth; roman goddess of light29 in the US (2017)
- Lucillalight-bringing; diminutive of Lucia11 in the US (2017)
- Luciliarelating to Lucilia; a form of Lucille9 in the US (2017)
- Lucijalight; Croatian form of Lucia6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Lucila, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lucila
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