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Also known as Lucius (given name), Lucius (first name)

Lucius is a masculine given name derived from Lucius (Latin ; ), abbreviated L., one of the small group of common Latin forenames () found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius probably derives from Latin word (gen. ), meaning "light" (<PIE *leuk-, "brightness"), related to the Latin verb ("to shine") and cognate to the name Lucas. Another proposed etymology is derivation from Etruscan Lauchum (or Lauchme) meaning "king", which was more directly transferred into Latin as .

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Name.name
Lucius
Name.image
0 Portrait de Sénèque d'après l'antique - Lucas Vorsterman.JPG
Name.caption
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Name.pronunciation
,
Name.gender
Masculine
Name.meaning
Light
Name.region
Ancient Rome
Name.languageorigin
Latin
Name.variant forms
Lucia
Name.related names
Lucaj, Lucchi, Lucchini, Luce, Lucifer, Luka, Lusk, Luz, Luzi, Rukmini
Name.derived
Praenomen Lucius, Loukjos, louks + -jos
Name.derivative
Cindy, Loukas, Luc, Luca (masculine given name and surname), Lucas (given name and surname), Lucca, Lucci, Lucette, Lucey, Luci, Lucian, Luciana, Luciano, Lučić, Lucie, Lucien, Lucija, Lūcija, Lucile, Lucille, Lucinda, Lucio, Lucioni, Lucy, Lukas, Łukasz, Luke (given name and surname), Luzia

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native label
Lucius
Soundex
L220
Cologne phonetics
588
Caverphone
LSS111
Commons category
Lucius (given name)

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Lucius is a masculine given name derived from Lucius (Latin ; ), abbreviated L., one of the small group of common Latin forenames () found in the culture of ancient Rome. Lucius probably derives from Latin word (gen. ), meaning "light" (<PIE *leuk-, "brightness"), related to the Latin verb ("to shine") and cognate to the name Lucas. Another proposed etymology is derivation from Etruscan Lauchum (or Lauchme) meaning "king", which was more directly transferred into Latin as .

Lucia and Lucy are feminine forms of the name.

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