Luc
About Luc
Luc is the sleeker Gallic cousin of Luke, and if you want to know the difference between their pronunciations, just watch Kevin Kline's hilarious description in the film French Kiss. Peter Gabriel and Sean Patrick Thomas picked this version for their sons.
Pronounced LOOK.
As of October 2026, Luc ranked #3483 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #934 in 2002.
Editor's take: The name Luc is a boy's name of French origin meaning "man from Lucania".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,742 | 87 | 45.3 |
| 2015 | #1,836 | 81 | 42.3 |
| 2016 | #1,658 | 96 | 50.6 |
| 2017 | #1,875 | 78 | 42.1 |
| 2018 | #2,183 | 64 | 35.2 |
| 2019 | #2,383 | 57 | 31.8 |
| 2020 | #2,531 | 51 | 29.5 |
| 2021 | #2,313 | 60 | 34.3 |
| 2022 | #2,183 | 67 | 38.4 |
| 2023 | #3,518 | 33 | 19.3 |
| 2024 | #3,420 | 34 | 19.7 |
| 2025 | #3,483 | 33 | 19.3 |
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Luc on lists
Famous Lucs
- Luc Besson
French film director
- Luc Bourdon
Canadian ice hockey player
- Luc Jean
Marie Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
- Luc Antoine Montagnier
French virologist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of HIV
- Luc Ferrari
French composer
- Luc Jacquet
French film director
- Lucien James "Luc" Longley
Australian basketball player
- Luc Tuymans
Belgian painter
- Luc Coulier
son of comedian/actor Dave Coulier
- Luc Gabriel (b. 2008)
son of English singer,songwriter Peter Gabriel
- Luc Laurent Thomas (b. 2010)
son of American actors Sean Patrick Thomas and Aonika Laurent
- Luc Plamondon
French,Canadian lyricist and songwriter
Luc in pop culture
- Jean
Luc Picard, Captain of The Enterprise Starship in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
- Luc Cornet
injured French soldier in "Atonement" (book/film)
- Luc
bearer of the True Wind Rune in the Suikoden video game series