Given name & surname
Lucan
“a man from Lucania”
Lucan is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a man from Lucania.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a man from Lucania.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lucan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 484
- 484 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,028 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,028 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 15.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 41 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 429 as a first name in 2020; 111 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lucan’s family of names
Lucan has a related form in Loucan. Lucan has a related form in Louccan. Lucan has a related form in Louckan.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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