Lukas

“Variant of Lucas — related to Latin lux, 'light'; or 'man from Lucania'” — Greek via Latin origin

Boy's name · #288 in the US (2025) · 2010s

Lukas reached #214 in 2019 and has eased to #288 since. About 44,000 boys have carried it since 1963. Lukas is the less common spelling of Lucas — about 10% of babies given the name are written this way; Lucas itself ranked #10 in 2025.

Around the world: #10 in Austria (2025) · #10 in Estonia (2024) · #12 in Slovakia (2025) · #17 in Czechia (2025) · #33 in Croatia (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 47 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lukases

Lukas Podolski — German association football player (born 1985)
Lukas Hradecky — Finnish footballer
Lukas Klostermann — German association football player
Lukas Moodysson — Swedish writer and film director (born 1969)
Lukáš Krpálek — Czech judoka

In stories & tradition

Lukas — Fire Emblem Gaiden · Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

What Lukases become

Among 3,194 notable people named Lukas:

Medical professionals appear 1.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lukáš Pollert, Czech slalom canoeist and doctor.

Similar names: Lucca · Maximus · Luciano · Tobias · Titus · Avery

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