- Origin: Welsh
- Gender: Feminine
- Meaning: debated
- Pronunciation:ˈɬeikɪ
The name is of uncertain meaning, it is possibly a feminine form of the Welsh male name, Lleu (bright, light), or composed of the Welsh element, lleu (bright; light) and cu (dear), or derived from the Welsh lleuad (moon).
It was often synchronized with the name Lucy.
It is the name of a heroine in the 14th-century Welsh poem by Llywelyn Goch ap Meurig Hen, Marwnad Lleucu Llwyd, it is said to have been written for his deceased lover of the same name.
Sources
- https://www.behindthename.com/name/lleucu
- https://geiriadur.uwtsd.ac.uk/index.php?page=ateb&term=cu&direction=we&type=all&whichpart=exact&search=#ateb_top
- https://uncontrolledhistorian.wordpress.com/2023/03/01/lleucu/
- https://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Lleucu
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lament_for_Lleucu_Llwyd