Lucky

Where Lucky comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Lucky.

  • Vowel-ended
Lucky through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,269 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1924
    Lucky Thompson born
    American jazz saxophonist
  3. 1945
    Peak, #927
    48 babies named Lucky, its best rank.
  4. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,916.
  5. 1964
    Lucky Dube born
    South African reggae musician
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Lucky Dube · South African reggae musician, 1964–2007
  • Lucky Thompson · American jazz saxophonist, 1924–2005
  • Lucky McKee · American writer and director, born 1975
  • Lucky Peterson · American musician, 1964–2020
  • Lucky Vatnani · Indian snooker player, born 1985

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.