Lucille

English

Alternative forms

• Lucile

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luˈsiːl/
• Rhymes: -iːl

Proper noun

Lucille

1. A female given name from French Lucille [in turn from Latin Lucilla], of 1910s US usage.
   • 1939, Robert Penn Warren, Night Rider, Random House, published 1939, page 4:

     "My name is Lucille." The man sat down heavily, crowding the girl's body against Mr. Munn. "You call her Sukie like I said," he ordered. "Now, Mr. Munn," the girl asked, leaning back so she could look up at him from under the brim of her large straw hat with its blue ribbons, " do you see how he can make Sukie out of a name like Lucille?"

Translations

female given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 露西爾／露西尔

Cebuano

Proper noun

Lucille

1. a female given name from English Lucille [in turn from French Lucille, in turn from Latin Lucilla]

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lūcilla, feminine diminutive form of Lūcius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly.sil/

Proper noun

Lucille f

1. a female given name