Lucky Family Crest & Name History

Ancestors listed as Lucky are often found as Luckey a generation earlier. Its meaning, shared with Luckey, is “Descendand of little Luck or Luke (light)”.

How the spelling arose

Lucky drops the “e” of Luckey, a shortening that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Lukey.

Lucky by the numbers

2,578 Americans were listed as Lucky in the 2010 census. Names that sound alike, such as Luc, are easily confused in old records.

Arms associated with the name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Lucky, so the heraldry linked to Luckey is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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