Given name & surname
Luka
“woman from Lucanus”
Luka is a variant of Lucasta. In English use, Lucasta carries the interpretation “woman from Lucanus.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
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
Luka connects to the Lucas name family through Lucasta. An origin associated with Lucas is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian Лука́.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Luka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29,522
- 28,959 boys · 563 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 3,898 babies
- 2025
- 3,898
- #85 for boys · #5,174 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +171%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 3,873 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 85 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 175.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 25 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (640). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,618 as a first name in 2020; 821 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.
Luka’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Luka shares a linguistic root with the English form Luke. In Hawaiian usage, Luka has a conventional equivalent in the English form Ruth. In Slovenian usage, Luka has a conventional equivalent in the English form Luke.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Luka has relatives in 13 languages.
10 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LucasFrench, English
- Lukecognate · English
- RuthEnglish
- Lukasalso known as · German, Slovene
- Luciusequivalent
- LucFrench
- Lukaszequivalent
- ŁukaszPolish
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People named Luka
- Luka ModrićCroatian footballer (born 1985)
- Luka DončićSlovenian basketball player (born 1999)
- Luka JovićSerbian association football playerborn 1997
- Luka MilivojevićSerbian association football playerborn 1991
- Luka SučićCroatian association football playerborn 2002
- Luka VuškovićCroatian association football playerborn 2007
- Luka RomeroArgentine-Spanish-Mexican association football playerborn 2004
- Luka KarabaticFrench handball playerborn 1988
- Luka MkheidzeFrench judoka of Georgian originborn 1996
Characters named Luka: Luka Kovač (Fictional physician on television show ER).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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