Lukyan
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Lukyan |
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Gender | Male |
Meaning | bringer of light |
Language of Origin | Russian |
Origin | Latin |
Nicknames | Lukasha |
Related names | Luka, Lucas |
Derived | Lucian |
Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Lukyan |
Lukyan is a variant of the Latin masculine given name Lucian. It means 'light', or 'bringer of light'. It is also used as a given name in Russian, and sometimes a surname. It can be pronounced 'loo-kyawn', or 'loo-ke-awn'.
[edit] People named Lukyan
- Lukyan Popov, Russian painter
- Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnyov (~1582-1630), a nobleman from Mozhaysk
[edit] Lukyan in fiction
- Lukyan Judasson, creator of The Way of Cross and Dragon a fictional religious text in the novel of the same name by George R. R. Martin.
[edit] References
Name Meaning of Lukyan. Pickbabynames.com (2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-15.