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 [ 2 syll. lu-cas, luc-as ] The boy name Lucas is pronounced LUWKahS KEY. Lucas is of Old Greek origin, and it is used mainly in the Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Lucas is a variant of Luke (English). Lucas is very popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1950s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.427% of baby boys being given the name Lucas. Its ranking then was #46. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Lucas, Luke (English) was the most regularly used in 2008. It was 1.170% more widely used than Lucas in that year. Baby names that sound like Lucas include Lùcas (Scottish), Lúcás (Irish), Lajos (Hungarian), Lassi (Finnish), Leka (Albanian), Leksik (Czech), Lekso (Czech), Leos (Czech and Polish), Leszek (Polish), Lewis (English), Lico (Spanish), Liko, Lluis (Catalan), Loic (French), Lois (German), Loïc (French), Louis (English and French), Loukas (Greek), Luca (Italian), and Luchok (Russian). KEY: Pronunciation for Lucas: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
