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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.

England
Walloon
1591 Lucian RWC p. 19
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; 1491 Lucianus (nom) CatTir1 117
Italian
1429–1430 Luciano DiaryLMA p. 266
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Lucian". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Lucian.