Lukas

Lukas

Pronunciation	German: [ˈluːkas] Swedish: [ˈlʉ̌ːkas] Lukáš: Czech: [ˈlukaːʃ]
Gender	Male
Origin
Meaning	"Light"
Other names
Alternative spelling	Lukáš
Related names	Luke, Luc, Luca, Lucas, Lukasz

Lukas is an English form of the Greek name Λουκάς, which is Romanized as Loukas.

Popularity

In 2013 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
• 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
• György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher
• J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist
• Kim Lukas, English pop singer
• Paul Lukas (journalist), American sports writer
• Tena Lukas, Croatian tennis player
• Tõnis Lukas, Estonian politician
• Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, teacher, music editor, and conductor

As a given name

• Lukáš Bauer, Czech cross-country skier
• Lukáš Červ, Czech football (soccer) footballer
• Lukas Denis (born 1997), American football player
• Łukasz Fabiański, Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Lukas Forchhammer, Danish lead singer of band Lukas Graham
• Lukas Foss, American conductor
• Lukas Gage, American actor
• Lukas Haas, American actor
• Lukas Hartmann, Swiss novelist and children's literature writer
• Lukas Heller, Screenwriter
• Lukas Jutkiewicz, English football (soccer) player
• Lukáš Krajíček, Czech ice hockey player
• Lukáš Lacko, Slovak tennis player
• Lukáš Latinák, Slovak actor
• Lukas Lerager, Danish footballer
• Lukas Lundin (1958–2022), Swedish billionaire
• Lukas MacNaughton, football (soccer) player
• Lukáš Melich, Czech hammer thrower
• Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director
• Lukáš Pešek, Czech 250ccm Grand Prix motorbike rider
• Lukas Podolski, German football (soccer) player
• Lukas Rieger, German pop singer
• Lukáš Rosol, Czech tennis player
• Lukas Rossi, Canadian musician
• Lukas Runggaldier, Italian Nordic combined athlete
• Lukas Schmitz, German football (soccer) player
• Lukas Tudor, Chilean football (soccer) forward
• Lukas Van Ness (born 2001), American football player
• Lukas Verzbicas, Lithuanian-American athlete
• Lukas Walton, American billionaire
• Lukas Weißhaidinger, Austrian discus thrower and shot putter

See also

• Loukas (disambiguation)
• Lucas (disambiguation)
• Luca (given name)
• Luka (disambiguation)