Name meaning & stats
Lucian
Lucian means “light” (Latin origin). 11,677 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“light”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
11,677 US babies were named Lucian between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lucian (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 64% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)