Lucian
LU-shun or LU-see-un
Latin
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Lucian Origin and Meaning
The name Lucian is a boy's name of Latin origin meaning "light".
Lucian is a sleeker, more sophisticated version of Lucius that is climbing in tandem with other Lu-starting names.
Historically, the name was made famous by the ancient Greek satirist Lucian of Samosata--sometimes considered the father of science fiction-- and by the third century St. Lucian.
A modern bearer was Berlin-born British painter Lucian Freud, grandson of Sigmund. In pop culture, Lucian the Lycan is a werewolf in the Underworld movies.
Lucian was picked by Indie actor Steve Buscemi. Lucien is the French version. The attractive Italian form is Luciano, as in Pavarotti.
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Famous People Named Lucian
- Lucian of Chestermonk and author
- Lucian of SamosataAssyrian,Greek rhetorician and satirist
- Saint Lucian of Antiochtheologian, martyr
- Saint Lucian of Beauvaismartyr
- Lucian Michael FreudGerman,British painter
- Lucian Iulian SânmărteanRomanian footballer
- Lucian ButeRomanian,Canadian boxer
- Lucian BozRomanian literary critic
- Lucian GeorgeviciRomanian politician
- Lucian PintilieRomanian film director
- Lucian BlagaRomanian philosopher and poet
- Lucian Buscemi (b. 1990)son of actor Steve Buscemi
- Lucian Augustus Coppola Cage (b. 2014)son of Weston Cage & Danielle Friedman
- Lucian Valentine Apollo Swanson of Greta Bellamacina and Robert Montgomery
Lucian in Pop Culture
- Luciana lycan in the film 'Underworld'
- Lucian "Luke Garroway" Graymarklycanthrope in Cassandra Clare's 'Mortal Instruments' series
- Lucian Gregoryred,haired anarchist poet in 'The Man Who Was Thursday' (1908) by G. K. Chesterton
- Luciana branch of the Cahill family in the 39 Clues series, descended from Luke Cahill
- Lucian Kiggsthe main character in "Seraphina" by Rachel Hartman
- Lucian Astercharacter in Marvel Universe
- Lucianmember of the Elite Four in the Pokémon video games
- Dark Swordsman Luciancharacter in video game Lunar Knights