Lucius (praenomen)

This page is about the Latin praenomen. For other uses and a list of individuals with this name, see Lucius, and also Lucius (disambiguation).

Lucius (; ) is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was one of the most common names throughout Roman history. The feminine form is Lucia ( or ; ). The praenomen was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and gave rise to the patronymic gentes Lucia and , as well as the cognomen Lucullus. It was regularly abbreviated L.