Given name
Lucifer
“light bringer”
Lucifer is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.
Original GreekΕωσφορος
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Lucifer means “light bringer.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Lucifer is a biblical name from Greek.
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Lucifer appears in Job 11:17, Job 38:32, Psalm 110:3 and 2 other passages.
- Job 11:17
- Job 38:32
- Psalm 110:3
- Isaiah 14:12
- 2 Peter 1:19
From biblical name research
Lucifer through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 488
- 488 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 70 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #4,632 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +47%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,632 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 47.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lucifer’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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