Boy · Greek
Luka
Say it: LOO-kah
Meaning
From Greek Loukas, 'man from Lucania' in southern Italy.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
The evangelist's name, one of the most popular boys' names in Croatia and Serbia since the 2000s.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 2020s
In the United States
- 11,618 babies given this name since 1975
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 736 boys
- 2,349 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Лука
| Russian | Luka |
|---|---|
| Polish | Łukasz |
| Czech | Lukáš |
| Greek | Loukas |
| English | Luke |
Famous bearers
- Luka Modrić, Croatian footballer
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National birth statistics of European countries 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.