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Lukas - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Lukas

[ 2 syll. lu-kas, luk-as ] The boy name Lukas is pronounced as LUWKahZ KEY. Lukas is used predominantly in Czech, German, Irish, and Scandinavian. It is derived from Old Greek origins. Lukas is a form of the name Luke (English).

Lukas is a popular baby boy name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1970s; before that, it was of irregular use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2007 with 0.070% of baby boys being named Lukas. It had a ranking of #235 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.068% and its ranking #245. Among the family of boy names directly related to Lukas, Luke (English) was the most popular. In 2008, it was 6 times more popular than Lukas.

Baby names that sound like Lukas include Lukás (Czech), 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), Lucas (Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish), and Luchok (Russian).

KEY: English pronunciation for Lukas: 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)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


 
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