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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Lucian m. Latin Lucianus 'of or pertaining to Lucius'.

The name of a 3rd C martyr and a 4th C Turkish martyr.

Finland
Early Modern Swedish
1582 Luckina (nom) Audén1980 p. 171
Italy
Latin
1376 Luciani (gen) DouGen1 p. 214, Luciano (abl) ibid. p. 29, Lucianus (nom) ibid. p. 260
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Lucian". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Lucian.