Lucilla
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning light-bringing; diminutive of Lucia.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Lucilla by the numbers
Lucilla was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 19 babies in 1955, making it a 1950s name.
Other names that come from Lucia
Like Lucilla, 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 Lucilla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lucillelight-giving or luminous; a form of Lucy1,197 in the US (2017)
- Lucilalight-giving; a form of Lucia18 in the US (2017)
- Lucillialight-bringing; variant spelling of Lucilla11 in the US (2017)
- Luciliarelating to Lucilia; a form of Lucille9 in the US (2017)
- Luciellalight; a form of Lucia6 in the US (2017)
- Luciafrom Lucius; light-bearing284 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean light
Like Lucilla, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lucilla
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