Lukas

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Lucas in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, US United States and 9 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 10 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◐

Lukas is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Lithuanian given name74K records spelled Lukas9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Lithuania, United Kingdom, United States, Latvia

  Languages: Lithuanian, Latvian

  Also written LuKaŠ, Lūkãs, Lůkas, Lúkas, Lükas

• French given name60K records spelled Lukas20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Lukáš, Lükas, Lùkas, LuKaŠ, Lukàs

• Finnish given name20K records spelled Lukas4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Sweden, United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written LuKaŠ, Lukáš

• a separate given name8.5K records spelled Lukas5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Switzerland, Ethiopia

  Also written Lukáš, Lukás, LuKaŠ, Lukás̆

• a separate given name3.1K records spelled Lukas9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Switzerland

  Also written Lūkãs, Lûkás, Lūkas, ̶L̶u̶k̶a̶s̶, Lukás

• Lao given name2.1K records spelled Lukas68 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Tanzania

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written Lucas, ลูคัส, ลูกสี, ลูกัส, Lúcás

55 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●

Lukas 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 German, Luke (biblical character).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Lukas; die Karte zeigt Gutturalvariation mit -s-, ss/ß und der Fremdform Lukasz. Bearer: 3240+4.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

• In German, Patronymische Schreibvariante zu Lucas; belegt die c/k-Variation im Inlaut. 3393 Bearer.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

• In German, ) Lucas: männl. Vom. lateini­ schen Ursprungs, mit dem griechischen

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Swedish, Lukas är ett bibliskt namn, av latinets Lucánus ’invånare i Lucania (i Syditalien)’. Namnet har varit bland de tio vanligaste namnen för pojkar under hela 2000-talet och toppat listan sex år. En känd namnbärare är filmregissören Lukas Moodysson (f. 1969). I den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 18 oktober, efter evange listen Lukas i Nya testamentet.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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) — 62 years between 1963–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• 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)
• Lukas Haasb. 1976USAmerican actor
• Lukas Podolskib. 1985PLGerman association football player (born 1985)
• Lucas Vázquezb. 1991ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player
• Lucas Mourab. 1992BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian association football player
• Lucas Digneb. 1993FRnot in their usual nameFrench footballer (born 1993)
• Matthias Ginterb. 1994DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player (born 1994)
• LukasTRone 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 · 1,073 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lukas?

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

In which country does Lukas have the most bearers?

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

Where is Lukas most common?

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

How common is Lukas compared with other names?

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

Is Lukas a male or female name?

Lukas 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 Lukas mean?

Recorded meaning: from Latin Lucas; used for a fairground strength-test name