Given name · also Irish

Lúcás

Lúcás is a masculine given name from Old Irish, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Irish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Lúcás comes from Old Irish, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Irish usage, Lúcás developed from Λουκᾶς.

Lúcás’s family of names

In Irish usage, Lúcás shares a linguistic root with the Scottish Gaelic form Lùcas. In Irish usage, Lúcás has a conventional equivalent in the English form Luke. In Irish usage, Lúcás has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lucas.

Walk Lúcás’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Lúcás has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient Greek

Ancient Greekwhere Lúcás comes from · 1 name

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

If you love Lúcás, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Ancient Greek

Lukáš

“man from Lucania”

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Loijas

Loijas is a surname, possibly from Byzantine Greek. It is used in Finnish.

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Ancient Greek

Lycus

Lycus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek · Modern

Luukas

Luukas is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish and Estonian.

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Lydus

Lydus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Phocas

Phocas is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Leónidas

Leónidas is a given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Spanish.

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Ancient Greek

Kafkas

Kafkas is a masculine given name from West Circassian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Turkish.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Lúcás’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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