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Baby Names That Mean “Lucky”
Luck exists in many forms! Whether it’s a healthy dose of some self-inflicted placebo or if there really is some extra force out there rooting everyone on, it’s become a conversational currency and a societal safe place all in one. By calling upon it to make life better or to thank your lucky stars for whatever incredible thing has landed in your lap, people have proliferated the concept of it for centuries! If bringing baby into your family feels like the biggest stroke of luck yet, then a lucky baby girl, boy, or gender-neutral name will commemorate the best thing that’s ever happened to you in just a couple syllables.
Explore Baby Girl and Boy Names That Mean “Lucky”
Where did the word and belief of “luck” come from?
Even though when you hear the word “luck,” the phrase “luck of the Irish” isn’t far away, the word actually didn’t come from Irish! It’s largely believed to be Middle Dutch—a collection of languages spoken between 1150 and 1500—going on a journey from gheluc to luc, to eventually becoming “good luck” or simply “luck” in English. The cross-lingual transformation arose from the popularity of gambling in the 1400s. But the word continued to apply to different areas of life, with the addition of phrases “down on my luck,” “better luck next time,” and several in between, all in the 1800s alone! However, if you’ve ever been warned you’re pushing your luck, that phrase is a classic arrival from the 20th century. But no matter what phrase you choose, being a chancer has been a part of human nature since at least the 12th century.
