Lucius
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning of the light; bright.
Lucius by the numbers
In 2025, 26 babies in England and Wales were named Lucius. In the US, 122 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 159 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Lucius
Forms of Lucius in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lucius. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Luciouslight-giving, luminous; variant of lucius45 in the US (2017)
- Lucussacred grove or forest27 in the US (2017)
- Lucasbringer of light; from Lucania12,963 in the US (2017)
- Lucianlight-giving, of light85 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lucienlight-bringing; a form of Lucius39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Luciolight-bearing; a form of Lucius82 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Lucius, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Lukefrom Lucania; light9,168 in the US (2017)
- Robertbright fame; renowned warrior5,507 in the US (2017)
- Lucabringer of light3,266 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elliottbright fame; a form of Elijah2,996 in the US (2017)
- Elliotbright fame; a form of Elijah544 in England and Wales (2025)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lucius
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