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I've seen many saying this can't be a girl's name and I totally get it, I think it seems more manly too, but it can be a girl's name just like Billy and Tyler. In the original usage of Lucifer, it had no gender association. It was used to refer to the planet Venus in the morning, the morning star. Fun fact, "Noctifer" was used for the evening star or Venus as it appeared at dusk. Noctifer translates to "night-bringer" or "bearer of night." Comes from "nox" meaning "night" and "ferre" meaning "to bring." Neither of these names are or ever were the name for the devil for most of history and it's embarrassing that for 100s of years people have been indoctrinated into this complete lie to the point of absurdity. I was grown up Christian so I know what this must sound like to Christians who have been so brainwashed. I was drawn to the name despite the evil connotation and I decided to do some research and completely changed my world view, dare I say my life. Try it sometime, Christians. Do some real fact-checking and research and maybe try out actually reading the bible rather than listening to and repeating what others said before you.
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From 1880 to 2017, the Social Security Administration has recorded 115 babies born with the first name Lucifer in the United States.
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Sadly, 24 baby boys were burdened with the name Lucifer in 2017.
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According to meaningofnames.org, as of 2014, 59 people have been named Lucifer in the US since 1880. (source: http://www.themeaningofnames.org/how-popular-is-my-name.php?n=LucIfer&go=Go).
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The name of Lucifer should be put into the section of Roman Mythology, where it belongs first and foremost. Its place in Roman Mythology is much older than its place in the Judeo-Christian Legend.
As you may know, Roman mythology was strongly influenced by Greek mythology, meaning that the ancient Romans had incorporated many elements from Greek mythology into their own. Thus, some names were directly taken from Greek mythology and romanized (e.g. Hesperos became Vesper), others were simply translated into legitimate Latin. The name Lucifer is an example of that; it is a direct translation of Greek Phosphoros. Phosphoros was a name that was sometimes used for Eosphoros, the son of the Greek goddess Eos; Eosphoros was the Greek personification of the morning star. So, in short, Lucifer is another example of incorporation of Greek elements into Roman mythology.
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As you may know, Roman mythology was strongly influenced by Greek mythology, meaning that the ancient Romans had incorporated many elements from Greek mythology into their own. Thus, some names were directly taken from Greek mythology and romanized (e.g. Hesperos became Vesper), others were simply translated into legitimate Latin. The name Lucifer is an example of that; it is a direct translation of Greek Phosphoros. Phosphoros was a name that was sometimes used for Eosphoros, the son of the Greek goddess Eos; Eosphoros was the Greek personification of the morning star. So, in short, Lucifer is another example of incorporation of Greek elements into Roman mythology.
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