Luc
Luc is a boy name of French origin, meaning Light-giving.
What Luc means
Light-giving.
Luc is short — 3 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Luc comes from
French names descend largely from Latin and Germanic roots, reshaped by centuries of sound change. Many entered English after the Norman conquest and now exist in both forms.
Luc is recorded as French in origin. Browse other French names.
How popular is Luc?
In the boy name rankings we track, Luc falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Luc
We group Luc under light and brightness. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Light
Names like Luc
These share Luc's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Lucien — Light.
- Blanche — White; pure.
- Soleil — The sun.
- Lucas — Bringer of light.
- Akira — Bright, clear.
- Cyrus — Sun; lord.
- Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
- Hikaru — Light, radiance.
- Luciano — Light.
- Lucius — Light.
- Luka — Bringer of light.
- Aarush — First ray of the sun.