Luc (first name)

See also: Luc

Direction and origin of the name

Luc is a male first name. It comes from the Latin Prénom lucius , resulting from Lux (Lumière).

Alternatives

  • French: German Luc
  • , English, Dutch: Greek Lucas
  • : Λουκας (loukas)

Popularity of the name

Enough popular with the Middle Ages, the name any more is not very carried then. It however found an renewed interest in the Germanic form and ancient Lucas, pronounced in French Luca and not Loukas .

Luc like name of anybody or first name

Saints

  • Luc (evangelist), writer of the 3rd Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, owner of the doctor and the painters, emblem the bull (festival the October 18th).
  • Luc de Phocide, monk.

First name

Toponymy

  • Saint-Luc Hospital in Lyon.
  • Ossios Loukas, monastery close to the Mount Parnassus (Thébaïde).

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