Lucius: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Some records give Lucio; others give Lucius. Both point to the same Spanish family name. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Lucius / light”. Records show Lucius as one of the forms Lucio took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Other spellings include Luzio.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Lucius with 2,016 bearers, at rank 14,739. Between 1891 and 2000, 266 babies born in France were registered as Lucius, with the most births in 1951–1960.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Lucio surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Lucius report, with a museum-style coat of arms.