Lleucu
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HLAY-kee
- Origin
- Welsh
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Lleucu is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “dear light”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Lleucu mean?
Welsh: Welsh, from lleu 'light' + cu 'dear'
“dear light”
Lleucu Llwyd is remembered through a famous 14th-century Welsh elegy by her lover, the poet Llywelyn Goch.
Is Lleucu a girl's or a boy's name?
Lleucu is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lleucu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Lleucu, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lleucu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Lleucu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
Names like Lleucu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Layla, Noa, Lola, Lily, Maisie, Poppy, Lexi, Phoebe, Ava, Luna, Seren, Lyla
More Welsh names
Dylan, Owen, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lleucu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lleucu, updated 20 October 2026.