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Лука
“woman from Lucanus”
Лука (Luka) is a masculine given name from Serbo-Croatian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and 2 other languages.
Belarusian and Bulgarian and Macedonian and Russian and Serbian and Serbo-Croatian and Ukrainian and rskWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Luke.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Лука is Luka written in Cyrillic. Luka is a variant of Lucasta. In English use, Lucasta carries the interpretation “woman from Lucanus.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Лука comes from Serbo-Croatian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Лука developed from Λουκᾶς.
Лука’s family of names
In Russian usage, Лука shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form Lukas. In Pannonian Rusyn usage, Лука has a conventional equivalent in the English form Luke. In Belarusian usage, Лука has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lucas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Лука has relatives in 14 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Лука comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LucasFrench, Spanish
- LucaItalian
- LukeEnglish
- Lukascognate · Lithuanian, German
- LucFrench
- Lukaszequivalent
- ŁukaszPolish
- Лука́has masculine form
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People named Лука
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