Lucien

Where Lucien comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lucien.

Lucien through the years
  1. 1775
    Lucien Bonaparte born
    1st Prince of Canino and Musignano
  2. 1878
    Lucien Febvre born
    French historian
  3. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #392 among boys with 19 babies in the first year on record, and still its best.
  4. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #694.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Lucien Febvre · French historian, 1878–1956
  • Lucien Bonaparte · 1st Prince of Canino and Musignano, 1775–1840
  • Lucien Laurent · French footballer, 1907–2005
  • Lucien Lévy-Bruhl · French philosopher, 1857–1939
  • Lucien Petit-Breton · French cyclist, 1882–1917

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.