Lukyan

Lukyan

Infobox Given name 2
name = Lukyan


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gender = Male
meaning = bringer of light
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language = Russian
origin = Latin
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nickname = Lukasha
related names = Luka, Lucas
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derived = Lucian
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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'.

People named Lukyan

*Lukyan Popov, Russian painter
*Lukyan Stepanovich Streshnyov (~1582-1630), a nobleman from Mozhaysk

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.

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