Given name & surname
Lucas
“a man from Lucania”
Lucas is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a man from Lucania.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a man from Lucania.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In Latin usage, Lucas developed from Λουκᾶς.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lucas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 331,628
- 331,092 boys · 536 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 13,044 babies
- 2025
- 10,228
- #10 for boys · #10,570 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10,219 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 12.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13,032 in 2017. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (1,154). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249,246 as a first name in 2020; 102,949 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.
Lucas’s family of names
Lucas shares a linguistic root with Luke. In Swedish usage, Lucas has a related form in Lukas. Lucas is a form of Luke.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lucas has relatives in 59 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Lukevariant · English, Scots
- Lukasvariant · English, German
- Luccaslikely variant
- Loukasvariant
- Lucvariant · French, Welsh
- Lukusvariant
- Lucusvariant
- Luckasvariant · German
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 42
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LucaItalian, Sicilian
- LukaPolish, Swahili
- LuccaCorsican
- Luciusequivalent
- Lukaszequivalent
- Luukequivalent
- RukaMāori
- LuqaMaltese
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- LucaisScottish Gaelic
- LuukasFinnish, Estonian
- LukazBreton
- Λούκαςequivalent
- Лукашequivalent
- ლუკაequivalent
- Lukysequivalent
- Lucasseequivalent
- 盧卡斯derivative · Chinese
- Llucasdescendant · Asturian
- ŁukaszPolish
- Lucastafeminine form
- Ghoukasrelated form
- LukášCzech, Slovak
- Lucjuszequivalent
- ЛукасRussian
- LuugWolof
- Lûcas'Walloon
- ЛукаSerbian, Russian
- LucàsOccitan
- 路加福音cdo
- LūkaLatvian
- LukasiGreenlandic
- ルークJapanese
- LúkasIcelandic
- LukácsHungarian
- לוקאHebrew
- Λουκᾶςroot · Ancient Greek
- ΛουκάςGreek
- LúcásIrish
- LukoEsperanto
- LlucCatalan
- ՂուկասArmenian
- LluquesAsturian
People named Lucas
- Luke the Evangelistone of the four evangelists
- Lucas VázquezSpanish association football playerborn 1991
- Lucas PapademosGreek economist and Prime Ministerborn 1947
- Lucas Cranach the ElderGerman painter and printmaker (1472–1553)
- Lucas HernandezFrench footballer (born 1996)
- Lucas DigneFrench footballer (born 1993)
- Lucas NeillAustralian association football playerborn 1978
- Lucas MouraBrazilian association football playerborn 1992
- Lucas BigliaArgentine association football playerborn 1986
Characters named Lucas: Lucas Scott (One Tree Hill), Lucas (fictional character and the protagonist of Mother 3).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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