Given name & surname

Louka

Louka is a unisex given name from Greek. It is used in French.

Original GreekΛουκά

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Louka comes from Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Greek Λούκα.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2013. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Louka through the years

Babies since 1880
101
101 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2021
20 babies
2025
17
#5,517 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+184%
Rising fast
0510152025Highest share 202110.0
Louka in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2013–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,517 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 250 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Louka’s family of names

In Greek usage, Louka as a surname is a transliteration of Λουκά. In Greek usage, Louka is a transliteration of Λούκα.

Walk Louka’s family in the name graph

LoukaΛούκαΛουκά

The ring: spellings.

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

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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

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“a master of thought”

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Sibling ideas

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

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