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A long time ago I chose the name Yi Kangdae for Lucas.

When I was working on my dirtbag Lucas fic, I created a whole family history for him, along with his birth name. I didn't use most of the history in the story (since it was for a prompt challenge with a word limit), but basically Lucas's paternal family are part of the last royal dynasty of Korea before they were removed from power. So his real family name is Yi. And his first name is Kangdae, which means mighty and powerful, which sounded like something his father would have chosen for him. For the story, I think Lucas is a name he chose to distance himself from his father. And Koh was his mother's last name. This entire history is Lucas head canon for me regardless of whether he's a dirtbag or not 😂

ok, so we kind of agreed on lucas being at least half korean because of his surname.

it's a little complicated since apparently koh can also be thai and chinese, but if we're talking korean, i would like to find a good name for him.

traditionally korean people do have a korean name besides their english version, like felix (from stray kids). his name is lee felix, but it's also lee yongbok.

so i went into a deep hole, to name characters for a future project, and encountered some options i liked for lucas.

i started by the meaning of the name, then found some options.

Lucas means either "man from Lucania" or bringer of light. since we know lucas wasn't born in Italy, i came to the conclusion that when his parents thought of the name lucas, they may have searched for the meaning and gave it to him because of it.

it could be just because "oh i love the name" but this is my blog and we only work with paranoia and overthinking, so get into it.

thinking about that meaning, i started researching names in korean that could mean the same thing... to come across absolutely nothing. there's no "bringer of light" or synonyms that fit in, BUT, there's a few that mean light, and technically someone that brings light has light in them, right?

i'll just assume you said "yes" and move on.

so, these are the names i found:

Ha-ru (하루) - In addition to being an indigenous Korean name, Ha-ru is also a Japanese name that means springtime, sun, sunlight, sunny. it's mostly given to kids who were born in sunny days. since lucas is an aries, he was born in spring, so... pretty good candidate!

Jeong-hui (정후) - The name Jeong-hui can be created by combining hanja that mean correct, proper, right, gentle, still, or quiet with beauty, glorious, bright, or splendid.

Jung-hee (정희) - Sometimes written as Jeong-hui, both names can be written with hanja meaning correct, still, or gentle, and beauty, bright, or glorious.

Myeong (명) - The Korean name Myeong, also spelled Myung, Myoung, or Myong, evolved from the Chinese name Ming. The hanja 明, meaning brilliance or bright, is used for the surname Myeong and when used in a forename, any one of 19 hanja that read Myeong can be used.

Byung-ho (병호) - Byung-ho combines glorious, bright, luminous, and vast, numerous, great.

Chan-yeol (찬열) - Chan-yeol means bright, vivid, illuminating, and vehement, ardent, and fiery.

to lucas' personality, i think chan-yeol fits in quite well. he is fiery and vehement, besides being HELLA vivid. it kind of became my favorite afterwards. and although there are a lot of names that mean bright or vivid, to me lucas is giving chan-yeol, but i would love to hear what actual korean players have to say about it, so if you're out there, let me know!