MEANING & HISTORY
What does Lucila mean?
Lucila is a Spanish and Portuguese form of Lucilla. Lucilla is the Roman diminutive of Lucia, whose family is associated with Latin lux, light.
The name therefore passes through a full personal-name sequence rather than simply appending letters to the English word light. Its local spelling remains distinct from Lucilla.
References for this explanation
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
a female given name
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
3
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Lucila in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Lucila
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Lucia·Feminine Lucius; light-name tradition
- Lucía♀Spanish form of Lucia; light-name family
- Lucina·Roman childbirth name; grove and light explanations
- Leila♀Night
- Lucille♀French form of Lucilla, in the Lucius family
- Lucio♂Light; through the Roman name Lucius
- Luisa♀Famous in battle; feminine form of Luis
- Asila♀Of noble origin in the Arabic name tradition
What rhymes with Lucila?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Lucila further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lucila (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Behind the Name — Lucila (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Lucilla (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Lucia (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Lucius (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.