Lukas

Lukas or Lucas is the Latin form of the Greek name Loukas (Λουκάς), meaning "from Lucania".^[1] Gained popularity from the biblical personality and gospel author Saint Luke.

Meaning and different spellings

• Armenian - Ղուկաս, Ghukas
• Croatian/Serbian/Slovenian - Luka (Лука)
• Czech - Lukáš
• Dutch - Lukas
• English - Luke/Lucas
• Finnish - Luukas
• French - Luc
• Georgian - ლუკა
• German - Lukas
• Hungarian - Lukács/ Lúkas - Light, the lonely Mountain
• Icelandic - Lúkas
• Indonesian - Lukas
• Italian - Luca
• Latin - Lucas (from the verb "lucere")
• Latvian - Lukas
• Lithuanian - Lukas
• Norwegian/Swedish/Danish - Lucas/Lukas
• Anglo-Saxon - Lukas
• Polish - Łukasz
• Portuguese - Lucas
• Russian - Лука
• Slovak - Lukáš
• Slavs - Luka
• Ukrainian/Russian - Lukian
• Spanish - Lucas
• Japanese - Rukasu

Famous Persons named Lukas

Surnames

• Zdeněk Lukáš, Czech composer, teacher, music editor, and conductor
• Alexander Lukashenko, president of Belarus
• J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist
• George Lucas, American filmmaker
• György Lukács, Hungarian philosopher
• Tõnis Lukas, Estonian politician

First name

• Lukáš Bauer, Czech cross-country skier
• Łukasz Fabiański, Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
• Lukas Haas, American actor
• Lukáš Krajíček, Czech ice hockey player
• Luka Modrić, Croatian football (soccer) player
• Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director
• Lukáš Pešek, Czech 250ccm Grand Prix motorbike rider
• Lukas Podolski, German football (soccer) player
• Lukas Tudor, Chilean football (soccer) forward
• Lukas Runggaldier, italian nordic combined

See also

• Loukas (disambiguation)
• Lucas (disambiguation)
• Luca (given name)
• Luka

References