The first name Lucile
A girl’s name from Latin.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
A female given name from Latin, variant of Lucille.
A form of Lucille.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Lucile last appeared in the official list in 2012, given to 5 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Lucile with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Lucile at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 26 girls born in the United States were named Lucile, the 5,051st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1917, when 1,516 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Lucile
12 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Lucile RandonFrench Catholic sister and supercentenarian (1904–2023)
- Lucile WatsonCanadian actress (1879-1962)
- Lucile GrahnDanish ballet dancer (1819–1907)
- Lucile HadžihalilovićFrench film director, film editor and screenwriter, born 1961
- Lucile DesmoulinsFrench revolutionary, 1770–1794
- Lucile BrowneAmerican actress (1907-1976)
- Lucile GleasonAmerican actress, political activist (1888-1947)
- Lucile GrétryFrench composer, 1772–1790
- Lucile MoratFrench ski jumper, born 2001
- Lucile Saint-SimonFrench actress, 1932–2026
- George SandFrench novelist and memoirist (1804–1876)
- Rebecca SchaefferActress (1967-1989)
More Latin girls’ names
Questions
- What is the origin of the name Lucile?
- Lucile comes from Latin.
- How popular is the name Lucile?
- In 2012, 5 girls born in England and Wales were named Lucile, ranking 4,171st.
- Is Lucile a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 34,983 US babies named Lucile since 1880 were girls.
- When was Lucile most popular?
- 1917 in the United States, when 1,516 babies were named Lucile, its highest rank at 142nd.
- What name is Lucile a form of?
- Lucile is a form of Lucille.