English translation/equivalent: Luciano

Origin: Derived from the Latin common name Lucius, related to lux or lucis "light," therefore meaning "born in the first hours of light."

Name Day/Onomastico: January 7— in memory of the French martyr St. Luciano of Beauvais.

Related Name/Other Italian Forms: diminutive of Lucio

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