Luc

Where Luc comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Luc.

Luc through the years
  1. 1932
    Luc Montagnier born
    French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine
  2. 1949
    First appearance
    #3,690 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1959
    Luc Besson born
    French filmmaker
  4. 2002
    Peak, #930
    172 babies named Luc, the most in any year.
  5. 2015
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,826.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Luc Besson · French filmmaker, born 1959
  • Luc Montagnier · French virologist and joint recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine, 1932–2022
  • Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues · French writer, a moralist, 1715–1747
  • Luc Frieden · Prime Minister of Luxembourg since 2023, born 1963
  • Luc Abalo · French handball player, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.