Lucille

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French Lucille.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /luˈsiːl/

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?"

Translations

Usage notes

  • Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1910s.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Lucille, from French Lucille, from Latin Lucilla.

Proper noun

Lucille

  1. a female given name

French

Etymology

From Latin Lucilla, feminine diminutive form of Lucius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ly.sil/

Proper noun

Lucille

  1. A female given name.
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