Lucien
Meaning
“French form of Lucius/Lucianus, from Latin 'lux' meaning light”
Lucien around the world
One shared root links 10 names across 5 languages.
Shared root: from Latin lux "light", through the Roman Lucius and its feminine Lucia
The constellation
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lucien peaked in the 2020s.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
354 people · the #16,978 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 45
Among people named Lucien living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Lucien deep dive
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