Lukas

Lukas

Pronunciation	German: [ˈluːkas] Swedish: [ˈlʉ̌ːkas] Lukáš: Czech: [ˈlukaːʃ]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Russian, Czech, Danish, Slovak, Swedish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Origin
Meaning	"Light"
Other names
Alternative spelling	Lukáš
Related names	Luke, Luc, Luca, Lucas, Lukasz

Lukas is a form of the Latin name Lucas.

Popularity

In 2013 it was the ninth most popular name for boys in Australia.

Meaning and different spellings

• Amharic - Luqas (ሉቃስ)
• Arabic - Luqa (لوقا) / Luqas (لوكاس)
• Armenian - Ղուկաս, Ghukas
• Croatian / Serbian / Slovenian - Luka (Лука)
• Czech - Lukáš
• Dutch - Lucas / Lukas / Luca
• English - Luke / Lucas
• Finnish - Luukas
• French - Luc
• Georgian - ლუკა
• German - Lukas
• Greek - Loukas (Λουκάς) - Ancient Greek (Λουκᾶς)
• Hungarian - Lukács / Lúkas / Lúkasz
• Icelandic - Lúkas
• Indonesian - Lukas
• Irish: Lúc, Lúcás
• Italian - Luca
• Latin - Lucas (from the verb "lucere")
• Latvian - Lukas
• Lithuanian - Lukas
• Norwegian / Swedish / Danish - Lucas / Lukas
• Anglo-Saxon - Lukas
• Polish - Łukasz
• Portuguese - Lucas
• Russian - Лукьян / Лука
• Slovak - Lukáš
• Slavs - Luka
• Ukrainian - Лук'ян
• Spanish - Lucas
• Turkish - Luka / Lukas
• Japanese - ルーカス
• Korean - 루카스

People named Lukas

As a surname

• Aino-Eevi Lukas (1930–2019), Estonian equestrian, lawyer and politician.
• D. Wayne Lukas (born 1935), American horse racing trainer
• György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher
• J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist
• Kim Lukas, English pop singer
• Paul Lukas (journalist), American sports writer
• Tena Lukas, Croatian tennis player
• Tõnis Lukas, Estonian politician
• Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, teacher, music editor, and conductor

As a given name

• Lukáš Bauer, Czech cross-country skier
• Łukasz Fabiański, Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Lukas Filis, Baseball player (Bellaire Little League and Stix Baseball Academy)
• Lukas Foss, American conductor
• Lukas Haas, American actor
• Lukas Hartmann, Swiss novelist and children's literature writer
• Lukas Gage, American actor
• Lukas Heller, Screenwriter
• Lukas Jutkiewicz, English football (soccer) player
• Lukáš Krajíček, Czech ice hockey player
• Lukáš Lacko, Slovak tennis player
• Lukas Lerager, Danish footballer
• Lukas MacNaughton, football (soccer) player
• Lukáš Melich, Czech hammer thrower
• Luka Modrić, Croatian football (soccer) player
• Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director
• Lukáš Pešek, Czech 250ccm Grand Prix motorbike rider
• Lukas Podolski, German football (soccer) player
• Lukas Rieger, German pop singer
• Lukáš Rosol, Czech tennis player
• Lukas Rossi, Canadian musician
• Lukas Schmitz, German football (soccer) player
• Lukas Tudor, Chilean football (soccer) forward
• Lukas Runggaldier, Italian Nordic combined athlete
• Lukas Verzbicas, Lithuanian-American athlete
• Lukas Weißhaidinger, Austrian discus thrower and shot putter
• Lukas Forchhammer, Danish lead singer of band Lukas Graham
• Lukas Kelliher all black and black cap star

See also

• Loukas (disambiguation)
• Lucas (disambiguation)
• Luca (given name)
• Luka (disambiguation)