Lucius
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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 .
Key facts
- 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)
- P8168
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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.