🔥Lucien

French form of Lucian

"light"

Lucien Origin and Meaning

The name Lucien is a boy's name of French origin meaning "light".

Sophisticated Gallic version of Lucian, Lucien may appeal to parents attracted to this meaning over that of Lucas and Luke, which have a different root, and also looking for a more unusual choice.

Lucien joined the US Top 1000 for the first time in 2023, given to over 200 baby boys.

Lucien Rank in US Top 1000

# 923 in the US

Lucien Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 283 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Lucien

• 923 US 2023
• 283 Nameberry 2025
• 84 Unique 2022
• 939 Future 2028
• 921 England 2023
• 97 France 2023
• 429 Germany 2016
• 60 Belgium 2023

20 Names Similar to Lucien

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Lucien.

• Lucian
• Caius
• Dorian
• Alaric
• Nikolai
• Alistair
• Aurelius
• Cassius
• Lysander
• Cassian
• Lucius
• Evander
• Dante
• Remus
• Castiel
• Alastair
• Darius
• Dimitri
• Cato
• Dmitri

Famous People Named Lucien

• Lucien Alphonse Paul Gaudin French fencer
• Lucien Bouchard Canadian politician; 27th Premier of Quebec
• Lucien Favre Swiss footballer and manager
• (Marcel) Lucien Baroux French actor
• Lucien Wolf British journalist and historian
• Lucien Laurin American racehorse trainer of Secretariat
• Lucien Bonaparte Prince of Canino and Musignano; brother of Napoleon I of France
• Lucien Carr American member of the Beat Generation
• Lucien Greaves social activist

The name Lucien in Pop Culture

• Lucien Blake character on Australian TV series The Doctor Blake Mysteries
• Lucien Dubenko character on TV's ER
• Lucien aka Ditto character in 'The Supernaturalists' by Eoin Colfer
• Lucien Wilbanks character in A Time to Kill
• Lucien Lachance character in The Elder Scrolls video games
• Lucien Castle character on TV's "The Originals"
• Lucien Boswell character in 1970s British television comedy 'The Liver Birds'
• Lucien Marlowe genderqueer character in the webcomic "Riverside Extras" by Miri Chamberlain