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Lucian
Pronounced /ˈluː.sɪən/
Rank in 2024
#485
Born in 2024
634
Peak year
2024 · #485
Origin
Latin
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 634 boys were named Lucian, about 1 in every 2,706.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 13,795 boys have been named Lucian since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Lucian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,731 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Silent: 983 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 817 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 436 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Millennials: 491 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,313 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,624 babies, 0.26 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Lūcianus, either a derivative of the Roman praenomen Lūcius, from lūx (“light”); or from Ancient Greek Λουκιανός (Loukianós), of obscure meaning.
- A male given name from Latin, rare in the English-speaking world.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈluː.sɪən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Lucian, CC BY-SA 4.0.