Given name & surname
Loukas
“a man from Lucania”
Loukas is a variant of Lucas. One English interpretation is “a man from Lucania.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Loukas is a variant of Lucas. One English interpretation is “a man from Lucania.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Loukas is a variant of Lucas. An origin associated with Lucas is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Loukas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 666
- 666 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 39
- #3,110 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 39 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,110 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 485 as a first name in 2020; 384 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.
Loukas’s family of names
Loukas has a related form in Lucas. In Greek usage, Loukas is a transliteration of Λούκας.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Lucaequivalent
- Lukeequivalent
- Lukasequivalent
- Luciusequivalent
- Lucequivalent
- Luukequivalent
- Luukasequivalent
- Łukaszequivalent
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People named Loukas
- Lucas PapademosGreek economist and Prime Ministerborn 1947
- Loukas VyntraGreek footballerborn 1981
- Loukas YorkasGreek Cypriot singerborn 1986
- Loukas MavrokefalidisGreek basketball player (born 1984)
- Lucas SamarasGreek-American artist (1936–2024)
- Luke ChrysobergesPatriarch of Constantinople
- Luke of Steiris10th-century Byzantine saint890–951
- Loukas FourlasCypriot politicianborn 1969
- Loukas SiderasGreek drummerborn 1944
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.