Boy · Latin
Lucien
Say it: lew-SYAN
Meaning
From Latin Lucianus, ultimately linked to lux 'light'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popular in late 19th-century France and revived recently.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1880s
In the United States
- 8,842 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 5,800 boys
- 182 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| Italian | Luciano |
|---|---|
| English | Lucian |
Famous bearers
- Lucien Bonaparte
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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