Lucius

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lucio in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, MX Mexico and 21 more and Lúcio in AO Angola.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 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◐

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

• French given name2.1K records spelled Lucius3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, South Africa

  Also written Luciùs

• a separate given name1.6K records spelled Lucius2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Lúcius

• Italian given name997 records spelled Lucius3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Netherlands, Singapore

  Also written Lūcius, Lúcius

• Czech given name248 records spelled Lucius4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Slovakia

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Lucíus, Lucïuš

63 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●

Lucius is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• The name Lucius is a Roman praenomen of Latin origin, derived from 'lux', meaning 'light'.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• The name Lucius is of Latin origin, derived from the word 'lux', meaning 'light'.

  as a name·Biblical Names Compiled Database

• In English, From Latin lux, ‘light’; used in Ireland as an anglicisation of Lachtna and Laoiseach.

  as a name·Irish first names

• In Latin, Roman praenomen; likely from Latin lux 'light'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In German, Latinized surname in -ius; demonstrates learned classicizing name forms.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lucius Ib. 200ITPope and bishop of Rome from 253 to 254
• Lucius IIb. 1050ITpope of the Catholic Church from 1144 to 1145
• Lucius IIIb. 1110ITpope of the Catholic Church from 1181 to 1185 (1110–1185)
• Lucius Robinsonb. 1810USAmerican politician (1810-1891)
• Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar IIb. 1825USAmerican lawyer, politician and judge (1825-1893)
• Lucius Frederick Hubbardb. 1836USAmerican politician (1836-1913)
• Rube Goldbergb. 1883USnot in their usual nameAmerican cartoonist (1883–1970)
• Lucius D. Clayb. 1897USUnited States general (1897–1978)
• Lucius Shepardb. 1947USAmerican writer (1943–2014)
• Lucius Hoyosb. 2001USAmerican actor

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 · 334 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lucius?

We estimate roughly 69 thousand people bear Lucius (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Lucius have the most bearers?

Lucius is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled lucio.

How common is Lucius compared with other names?

In Argentina, Lucius is the 381st most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Lucius a male or female name?

Lucius is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lucius mean?

Recorded meaning: A classic Roman name, Lucius means "light" and is associated with a kinsman of the Apostle Paul in the New Testament.