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Lucian
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A masculine given name of Latin origin, rare in the English-speaking world; also the name of an ancient Syrian sophist.
"Lucian of Samosata was a satirist of the ancient world."
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Etymology
From Latin Lūcianus, a derivative of the Roman praenomen Lūcius, from lūx ("light").