Lucas

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lukas in CZ Czechia, PL Poland, AT Austria and 8 more, Лукаш in UA Ukraine, RU Russia, Luka in AU Australia, SI Slovenia and Loucas in FR France.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lucas is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name3.5M records spelled Lucas43 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Netherlands, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Lúcás, Luca'S, Lücas, Lucäs, Ľūcas

• French given name1.3M records spelled Lucas17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Guadeloupe

  Also written Lùcas, Lucãs, Lúcas, Lucàs, Lücas

• Danish given name83K records spelled Lucas13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Lüčās, Lücås, Lucâs, Lücäs, Lücãs

• a separate given name58K records spelled Lucas5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, India, United Kingdom

  Also written Luca-S, Lucás, Lúcas

• Burmese given name21K records spelled Lucas3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Spain, Hong Kong

  Also written Lûcãs, Lûcäs

102 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Lucas is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, From Latin lux, 'light'; variant of Luc. Saint/name-day not given on this page.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, From Latin Lucas/Lucius, linked to lux, 'light', or 'man from Lucania'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In German, from Latin Lucius/Lucanus, related to lux 'light'

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In German, from the Gospel name Lucas; Latinized forms of Lücke or related names

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• In English, learned form of Luke; first attested Lucas c1150 DC (Northumberland)

  as a name·A Dictionary of English Surnames

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 138 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lucas Cranach the Elderb. 1472DEGerman painter and printmaker (1472–1553)
• Lucas Cranach the Youngerb. 1515DEGerman Renaissance artist (1515–1586)
• Rem Koolhaasb. 1944NLnot in their usual nameDutch architect (1944-)
• Tyler Batesb. 1965USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician, music producer, film score composer
• Simon Bakerb. 1969AUnot in their usual nameAustralian actor and director (born 1969)
• Lucas Vázquezb. 1991ESSpanish association football player
• Lucas Mourab. 1992BRBrazilian association football player
• Lucas Digneb. 1993FRFrench footballer (born 1993)
• Lucas Hedgesb. 1996USAmerican actor
• LukasTRnot in their usual nameone of the four evangelists

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 2,054 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lucas?

We estimate roughly 2.5 million people bear Lucas (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Lucas have the most bearers?

Lucas is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled lucas.

Where is Lucas most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lucas is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 52 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Lucas compared with other names?

In Argentina, Lucas is the 83rd most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Lucas a male or female name?

Lucas is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Lucas mean?

Recorded meaning: from the personal name Lucas, from Greek Loucas, literally ‘man from Lucania’