Lukas: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced LOO-kuhz · 2 syllables

Lukas means “a man from Lucania”, from Latin.

Borrowed from Latin Lucas (“a man from Lucania”).

How popular is Lukas?

Lukas was the #288 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,161 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Lukas in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Lukas are older than 25; most are between 18 and 44. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Lukas have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Lukas means “a man from Lucania”. It comes from Latin.

Lukas is pronounced LOO-kuhz.

Lukas was the #288 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,161 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Lukas are older than 25. Most are between 18 and 44.