Lukas
title: "Lukas" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["danish-masculine-given-names", "dutch-masculine-given-names", "german-masculine-given-names", "masculine-given-names", "latvian-masculine-given-names", "lithuanian-masculine-given-names", "norwegian-masculine-given-names", "swedish-masculine-given-names", "surnames-derived-from-given-names"] topic_path: "geography/netherlands" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lukas" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Lukas |
| pronunciation |
Lukáš: | | gender | Male | | meaning | "Light" | | language | | | alternative spelling | Lukáš | | related names | Luke, Luc, Luca, Lucas, Lukasz | ::
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Lukáš:
| gender = Male | meaning = "Light" | region = | language = | origin = | alternative spelling = Lukáš | nickname = | variant forms = | related names =Luke, Luc, Luca, Lucas, Lukasz | name day = | derived = | popularity = | footnotes = Lukas is an English form of the Greek name Λουκάς, which is Romanized as Loukas.
Popularity
In 2013, with the alternative spelling of Lucas, it was the ninth most popular name for boys in Australia.
Meaning and different spellings
- Amharic - Luqas (ሉቃስ)
- Arabic - Luqa (لوقا) / Luqas (لوكاس)
- Armenian - Ղուկաս, Ghukas
- Croatian / Serbian / Slovenian - Luka (Лука)
- Czech - Lukáš
- Dutch - Lucas / Lukas / Luca
- English - Luke / Lucas / Lukas
- Estonian - Luukas
- Finnish - Luukas
- French - Luc / Lukas
- Georgian - ლუკა
- German - Lukas
- Greek - Loukas (Λουκάς) - Ancient Greek (Λουκᾶς)
- Hungarian - Lukács / Lúkas / Lúkasz
- Icelandic - Lúkas
- Indonesian - Lukas, Lucas
- Irish: Lúc, Lúcás
- Italian - Luca
- Latin - Lucas (from the verb "lucere")
- Latvian - Lūkass
- Lithuanian - Lukas
- Norwegian / Swedish / Danish - Lucas / Lukas
- Anglo-Saxon - Lukas
- Polish - Łukasz
- Portuguese - Lucas
- Russian - Лукьян / Лука
- Slovak - Lukáš
- Slavs - Luka
- Ukrainian - Лук'ян, Лукаш
- Spanish - Lucas
- Turkish - Luka / Lukas
- Japanese - ルーカス
- Korean - 루카스
People named Lukas
As a surname
- Aino-Eevi Lukas (1930–2019), Estonian equestrian, lawyer and politician.
- D. Wayne Lukas (born 1935), American horse racing trainer
- Florian Lukas (born 1973), German actor
- György Lukács (1885–1971), Hungarian philosopher
- J. Anthony Lukas (1933–1997), American journalist
- Kim Lukas (born 1977), English pop singer
- Paul Lukas (journalist) (born 1964), American sports writer
- Tena Lukas (born 1995), Croatian tennis player
- Tõnis Lukas (born 1962), Estonian politician
- Zdeněk Lukáš (1928–2007), Czech composer, teacher, music editor, and conductor
As a given name
- Lukáš Bauer (born 1977), Czech cross-country skier
- Lukáš Černohorský (born 1984), Czech politician
- Lukáš Červ (born 2001), Czech football (soccer) footballer
- Lukas Dauser (born 1993), German male artistic gymnast
- Lukas Denis (born 1997), American football player
- Lukáš Dostál (born 2000), Czech ice hockey player
- Łukasz Fabiański (born 1985), Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
- Lukas Fankhauser, Swiss curler
- Lukas Forchhammer (born 1988), Danish lead singer of band Lukas Graham
- Lukas Foss (1922–2009), American conductor
- Lukas Gage (born 1995), American actor
- Lukas Haas (born 1976), American actor
- Lukáš Haraslín (born 1996), Slovak football (soccer) player
- Lukas Hartmann (born 1944), Swiss novelist and children's literature writer
- Lukas Heller (1930–1988), Screenwriter
- Lukas Hofer (born 1989), Italian biathlete
- Lukas Hradecky (born 1989), football (soccer) goalkeeper
- Lukas Jungwirth (born 2004), Austrian footballer
- Lukas Jutkiewicz (born 1989), English football (soccer) player
- Lukas Kampa (born 1986), German professional volleyball player
- Lukáš Klíma (curler) (born 1991), Czech curler
- Lukáš Kolářík (born 1984), Czech politician
- Lukáš Krajíček (born 1983), Czech ice hockey player
- Lukáš Krpálek (born 1990), Czech heavyweight judoka
- Lukáš Lacko (born 1987), Slovak tennis player
- Lukáš Latinák (born 1977), Slovak actor
- Lukas Lerager (born 1993), Danish footballer
- Lukas Lundin (1958–2022), Swedish billionaire
- Lukas Märtens (born 2001), German swimmer
- Lukas MacNaughton (born 1995), football (soccer) player
- Lukáš Melich (born 1980), Czech hammer thrower
- Lukas Moodysson (born 1969), Swedish film writer and director
- Lukas Nathanson (born 1986), Swedish record producer, composer, and songwriter
- Lukáš Pešek (born 1985), Czech 250ccm Grand Prix motorbike rider
- Lukas Podolski (born 1985), German football (soccer) player
- Lukas Reinken (born 1995), German politician
- Lukas Rieger (born 1999), German pop singer
- Lukáš Rosol (born 1985), Czech tennis player
- Lukas Rossi (born 1976), Canadian musician
- Lukas Runggaldier (born 1987), Italian Nordic combined athlete
- Lukas Schmitz (born 1988), German football (soccer) player
- Lukas Sieper (born 1997), German politician
- Lukas Tudor (born 1969), Chilean football (soccer) forward
- Lukas Van Ness (born 2001), American football player
- Lukas Verzbicas (born 1993), Lithuanian-American athlete
- Lukas Walton (born 1986), American billionaire
- Lukas Weißhaidinger (born 1992), Austrian discus thrower and shot putter
References
References
- (April 2, 2013). "Australia's 100 most popular baby names". Kidspot.
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