Lucero

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lücërö in CO Colombia.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lucero is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English surname287K records spelled Lucero8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Ecuador, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Lucëro, Lûcëro, Lüčërö, Lücërö

• a separate surname20K records spelled Lucero2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Philippines

  Also written Lucéro

• French surname8.1K records spelled Lucero3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Philippines, France

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Lucéro

• Danish surname923 records spelled Lucero6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Philippines, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

  Also written Lucéro

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lucero is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, luminary (natural light-giving body)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Nombre de Venus, el astro de la mañana; 'el que lleva luz'.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Enrique Lucerob. 1920MXactor (1920-1989)
• Armando Lucerob. 1942ARArgentine criminal
• Beatriz Merinob. 1947PEnot in their usual namePeruvian lawyer and politician
• Anthony Lucerob. 1967USAmerican film director
• Alfredo Lucerob. 1979ARArgentine racing cyclist
• Marcelo Lucerob. 1980CLChilean footballer
• Sid Lucerob. 1981PHFilipino actor
• Adrián Lucerob. 1984ARArgentine footballer
• Mario J. Lucerob. 1988USAmerican designer; cofounder of Heaven Sent Gaming
• Nahuel Molina Lucerob. 1998ARArgentine association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 649 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lucero?

We estimate roughly 134 thousand people bear Lucero (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Lucero have the most bearers?

Lucero is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled lucero.

Where is Lucero most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lucero is densest in Argentina — about 1 in 594 people — even though Mexico holds more of our records for it.

How common is Lucero compared with other names?

In Mexico, Lucero is the 415th most common surname of 198,716 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Lucero mean?

Recorded meaning: nickname from lucero, a derivative of luz ‘light’, which has variety of meanings including ‘morning or evening star’, ‘star or blaze marking on a horse’.