Luck
A name that may point to a place in Normandy, Belgium, or Italy, though in some cases it may also be a nickname for “luck” or “good fortune.”
The #5,765 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 51,389 Americans shares it.
Etymology
The surname Luck is usually explained as a locational name, especially in older surname books, from places such as Lucca in Italy, Liège in the Low Countries, or one of several French places called Luc. In some contexts, writers also connected it with the common word luck, used in the sense of prosperity or good fortune. The evidence in the older sources is not fully consistent, so the name may have more than one origin depending on the family.
History
Older English surname dictionaries record forms of Luck in medieval and early modern records, and they often group it with related spellings such as Lucre or Lucke. In Scotland and northern England, some similar-looking names were also linked to the personal name Luke or its derivatives, so not every bearer necessarily shares the same origin. As with many short surnames, separate local origins may have developed independently.
Origin
Regions
Variant spellings
Fun fact
One 19th-century source even connects the name with the famous “Luck of Edenhall,” a celebrated glass said to bring good fortune, showing how easily the surname was drawn into folklore.
From the historical record
“LUCK ZiUUd.— t . ' At the Revo- ition of the Edict of Nantes, itiSs, Robert Abraham Luard came from :n in Normandy and Settled London, a guo the Luards of Lincolnshire and Essex': Lower's Patr, Brit. p. aoi. I7.«. ManHed— Peter. Robert Loard”
— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with special American instances