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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; 1464 Lucianus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI, Lutianus (nom) ibid. CCXXXI
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Lucian". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Lucian.