The Luce Family Name

Spelling was not fixed until the modern era, so Luc could easily become Luce. Its meaning, shared with Luc, is “From Luke”.

Spelling and variants

The extra “e” in Luce is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

Luce ranked 3,672 in the 2010 US Census, with 9,704 people answering to the name. From 1891 to 2000, 5,328 births in France were registered under Luce. Births under the name grew in the later decades.

Family crest and blazon

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