Lukas Explained

Lukas
Pronunciation:	pronounced as /de/ pronounced as /sv/ Lukáš: pronounced as /cs/
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	"Light"
Alternative Spelling:	Lukáš
Related Names:	Luke, Luc, Luca, Lucas, Lukasz

Lukas is an English form of the Greek name Λουκάς, which is Romanized as Loukas.

Popularity

In 2013, with the alternative spelling of Lucas, it was the ninth most popular name for boys in Australia.^[1]

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 / Lukas
• Estonian - Luukas
• Finnish - Luukas
• French - Luc / Lukas
• Georgian - ლუკა
• German - Lukas
• Greek - Loukas (Λουκάς) - Ancient Greek (Λουκᾶς)
• Hungarian - Lukács / Lúkas / Lúkasz
• Icelandic - Lúkas
• Indonesian - Lukas, Lucas
• Irish

Lúc, Lúcás

• Italian - Luca
• Latin - Lucas (from the verb "lucere")
• Latvian - Lūkass
• 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
• Lukáš Černohorský, Czech politician
• Lukáš Červ, Czech football (soccer) footballer
• Lukas Denis (born 1997), American football player
• Lukáš Dostál, Czech ice hockey player
• Łukasz Fabiański, Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Lukas Forchhammer, Danish lead singer of band Lukas Graham
• Lukas Foss, American conductor
• Lukas Gage, American actor
• Lukas Haas, American actor
• Lukáš Haraslín, Slovak football (soccer) player
• Lukas Hartmann, Swiss novelist and children's literature writer
• Lukas Heller, Screenwriter
• Lukas Hradecky, football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Lukas Jutkiewicz, English football (soccer) player
• Lukáš Kolářík, Czech politician
• Lukáš Krajíček, Czech ice hockey player
• Lukáš Lacko, Slovak tennis player
• Lukáš Latinák, Slovak actor
• Lukas Lerager, Danish footballer
• Lukas Lundin (1958–2022), Swedish billionaire
• Lukas MacNaughton, football (soccer) player
• Lukáš Melich, Czech hammer thrower
• Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director
• Lukas Nathanson, Swedish record producer, composer, and songwriter
• 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 Runggaldier, Italian Nordic combined athlete
• Lukas Schmitz, German football (soccer) player
• Lukas Sieper (born 1997), German politician
• Lukas Tudor, Chilean football (soccer) forward
• Lukas Van Ness (born 2001), American football player
• Lukas Verzbicas, Lithuanian-American athlete
• Lukas Walton, American billionaire
• Lukas Weißhaidinger, Austrian discus thrower and shot putter

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Australia's 100 most popular baby names. Kidspot. April 2, 2013. 2014-01-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140110091657/http://parenting.kidspot.com.au/australias-100-most-popular-baby-names/#.Us8-yqxBRPh. January 10, 2014.