Lukas is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “man from Lucania.” In 2024 it was given to 1,287 boys in the United States.
Lukas belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “man from Lucania” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Lukas first appears in Social Security records in 1963. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #214 in 2019, and in 2024 1,287 babies received the name — 42,878 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Lukas means “man from Lucania” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Lukas is a boy name. In 2024, 1,287 babies received the name in the US.
Lukas comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Lukas first appears in US records in 1963. Its best-ever ranking was #214 in 2019, and 1,287 babies were given the name in 2024.
Lukas is pronounced /www.bbc.co.uk/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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