Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Lucius
/LOO · shus/
Meaning
“Light”
Ancient Roman praenomen from lux meaning light, borne by statesmen, poets, and three popes; one of the great Roman names making a modest English-language comeback.
Nicknames
luke · lu
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Slowly reviving; Roman names have strong longevity and Lucius is too distinguished to stay dormant.
The cultural moment.
Rising quietly in the US and UK since around 2018, still rare but gaining.