Given name & surname
Lukas
“a man from Lucania”
In Swedish use, Lukas has a related form in Lucas. One English interpretation is “a man from Lucania.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Swedish use, Lukas has a related form in Lucas. One English interpretation is “a man from Lucania.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Lukas has a related form in Lucas. An origin associated with Lucas is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Lithuanian usage, Lukas developed from Λουκᾶς.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lukas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44,072
- 44,053 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 1,787 babies
- 2025
- 1,161
- #288 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −18%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,161 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 288 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 18.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,787 in 2019. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (117). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 32,668 as a first name in 2020; 3,699 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.
Lukas’s family of names
In German usage, Lukas has a diminutive in Lukaschen. Lukas shares a linguistic root with Luke. In Swedish usage, Lukas has a related form in Lucas.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Lukas has relatives in 50 languages.
29 related names in 50 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 33
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- LucaItalian, Sicilian
- Lukecognate · English, Scots
- Lukaalso known as · Swahili, Slovene
- Luxequivalent
- Luciusequivalent
- Loukasequivalent
- LucFrench, Welsh
- Lukaszequivalent
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- Luukequivalent
- LucaisScottish Gaelic
- RukaMāori
- LuqaMaltese
- LuukasFinnish, Estonian
- LukazBreton
- Łukaszcognate · Polish
- LukášCzech, Slovak
- Lucjuszequivalent
- Lukáfeminine form
- Лукаcognate · Russian, Serbian
- Λουκᾶςroot · Ancient Greek
- LuugWolof
- LukácsHungarian
- LūkaLatvian
- LlucCatalan
- ルークJapanese
- LúkasIcelandic
- LúcásIrish
- ΛουκάςGreek
- LuukaFinnish
- LukoEsperanto
- 路加福音cdo
- LlucasAsturian
- ՂուկասArmenian
People named Lukas
- Lukas PodolskiGerman association football player (born 1985)
- Lukas KlostermannGerman association football playerborn 1996
- Lukas MoodyssonSwedish writer and film director (born 1969)
- Lukas LeragerDanish association football player (born 1993)
- Lukas HaasAmerican actorborn 1976
- Lukas MärtensGerman swimmerborn 2001
- Lukas NmechaGerman association football playerborn 1998
- Lukas HinterseerAustrian footballerborn 1991
- Lukas DhontBelgian director and screenwriterborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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