English

Alternative forms

• Lucile

Proper noun

Lucille

1. A female given name.
   • 1939 Robert Penn Warren, Night Rider, Random House, 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?"

Usage notes

• Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1910s.

French

Etymology

From Latin Lucilla, feminine diminutive form of Lucius.

Proper noun

Lucille

1. A female given name.