Lucianus Forename

599,828th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 225 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Lucianus Forename Definition:

A male name. Latin Lucianus from Greek Λουκιανός; the etymology of the name is uncertain but it was probably of Asiatic origin; both Lucian the 2nd-C satirist and St Lucian the 3rd-C martyr were natives of Syria, and the 2nd-C heretic of the same name was from Asia Minor.

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Lucianus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia-1101:2,345,124115,317
Belgium
100%
551:208,9105,023
Lesotho
100%
241:85,0007,651
Saint Lucia
100%
91:19,7572,072
Tanzania
100%
91:5,865,36930,875
South Africa
100%
71:7,790,378138,656
United States-31:120,845,659590,342
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Cameroon-11:21,610,503119,836
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Nigeria
100%
11:177,564,360489,087
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637

Lucianus (26) may also be a surname.

Lucianus Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Latin Lucianus from Greek Λουκιανός; the etymology of the name is uncertain but it was probably of Asiatic origin; both Lucian the 2nd-C satirist and St Lucian the 3rd-C martyr were natives of Syria, and the 2nd-C heretic of the same name was from Asia Minor. Lucianus occurs as a christian name in 12th- and I3th-C records, but it was never common Since the revival of learning it has been used occasionally, with reference to the poet rather than the saint.

Lucianus Curia Regis Rolls 1166, 1200, 1210.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

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