Lucy
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. From Middle English Lucy, from Old French Lucie (notably after the Christian martyr Lucia of Syracuse), from Latin Lucia (feminine of Lucius, a Roman praenomen), from lux (“light”). The name of the Australopithecus skeleton came from the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, which was being played repeatedly at the dig site camp at the time of the discovery. The slang term for LSD also derives from the song name, which many believe is essentially a reference to the drug.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Lucy (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lucy has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 9 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2015 | 28 |
| 2016 | 30 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| 2018 | 29 |
| 2019 | 27 |
| 2020 | 30 |
| 2021 | 30 |
| 2022 | 30 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 156 |
| 2000 | 164 |
| 2001 | 175 |
| 2002 | 182 |
| 2003 | 188 |
| 2004 | 192 |
| 2005 | 200 |
| 2006 | 202 |
| 2007 | 227 |
| 2008 | 249 |
| 2009 | 265 |
| 2010 | 288 |
| 2011 | 302 |
| 2012 | 317 |
| 2013 | 341 |
| 2014 | 371 |
| 2015 | 407 |
| 2016 | 454 |
| 2017 | 492 |
| 2018 | 526 |
| 2019 | 563 |
| 2020 | 605 |
Lucy in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lucy.Hi! My name is Lucy.
- Lucy har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lucy has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Lucys mamma är lärare.Lucy's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lucys mamma is Lucy's mum.
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Questions about Lucy
How do you pronounce Lucy in Swedish?
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What does the name Lucy mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. From Middle English Lucy, from Old French Lucie (notably after the Christian martyr Lucia of Syracuse), from Latin Lucia (feminine of Lucius, a Roman praenomen), from lux (“light”). The name of the Australopithecus skeleton came from the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”, which was being played repeatedly at the dig site camp at the time of the discovery. The slang term for LSD also derives from the song name, which many believe is essentially a reference to the drug.
How popular is Lucy in Sweden?
30 babies were named Lucy in 2022. In 2020, 605 people in Sweden had Lucy as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2016 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.