Boy · Greek
Lucas
Say it: lew-KAH
Meaning
From Greek Loukas, probably 'man from Lucania'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
A top boys' name in both France and the Netherlands since the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 276,879 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 142 boys
- 11,288 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Luke |
|---|---|
| Italian | Luca |
| Dutch | Lucas |
| French | Luc |
| German | Lukas |
| Polish | Łukasz |
| Croatian | Luka |
Famous bearers
- Saint Luke the Evangelist
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.