Lukas

given name · Latin script

Meaning: from Latin Lucas; used for a fairground strength-test name

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈluːkas/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Lukas is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country, where it is the 19th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 52(measured from records)
  • BRBrazil1 in 158as Lucas
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 233as Lucas

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Lukas itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

1,341,525 named Lucas, 2022

#405 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
410 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 52 (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LucasLatin(measured from records)
ЛукашCyrillic(measured from records)
ΛουκαςGreek(measured from records)
ლუკასGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lucas in BR Brazil, AR Argentina, US United States and 1 more, Lukáš in CZ Czechia and Loucas in FR France.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

from Latin Lucas; used for a fairground strength-test name

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lukas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lukas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil#191,341,525as Lucas1 in 1581.3MLucas280
US United States—249,246as Lucas1 in 1.3K249KLucas410
CZ Czechia#16205,9641 in 52206KLukáš178
AR Argentina#97≈200,000 est.≈1 in 2333.2KLucas209
FR France—≈130,000 est.≈1 in 527186KLoucas115
LT Lithuania—≈17,000 est.≈1 in 15920K—7
UY Uruguay#31≈12,000 est.≈1 in 283—Lucas99

1,341,525 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; MVČR — living population register 2017; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Registrų centras — top-50 given names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lukas is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Lithuanian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Lithuania, United Kingdom, United States, Norway

    Languages: Lithuanian, Latvian

    Also written LuKaŠ, Lūkãs, Lúkas, Lükas, Lukáš

  • French given name20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, Switzerland, United States

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Lukáš, Lükas, LuKaŠ, Lùkas, Lukàs

  • Finnish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, India, Tanzania, United States

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written LuKaŠ, Lukáš

  • Croatian given name52 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Spain, Switzerland

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Lucas, Лукас, Лукаш, Lukáš, LuKaŠ

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Lukás, Lukás̆, Lukáš, LuKaŠ

  • a separate given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Switzerland, Ethiopia

    Also written Lukáš, Lukás, Lūkas, LuKaŠ, Lūkãs

  • Lao given name68 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Tanzania

    Languages: Lao, Thai

    Also written Lucas, ลูคัส, Lúcás, ลูกัส, ลูกสี

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Lukas is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Luke (biblical character).

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Lukas; die Karte zeigt Gutturalvariation mit -s-, ss/ß und der Fremdform Lukasz. Bearer: 3240+4.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, Patronymische Schreibvariante zu Lucas; belegt die c/k-Variation im Inlaut. 3393 Bearer.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

  • In German, ) Lucas: männl. Vom. lateini­ schen Ursprungs, mit dem griechischen

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • In Swedish, Lukas är ett bibliskt namn, av latinets Lucánus ’invånare i Lucania (i Syditalien)’. Namnet har varit bland de tio vanligaste namnen för pojkar under hela 2000-talet och toppat listan sex år. En känd namnbärare är filmregissören Lukas Moodysson (f. 1969). I den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 18 oktober, efter evange listen Lukas i Nya testamentet.

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Rem Koolhaas, b. 1944Tyler Bates, b. 1965Simon Baker, b. 1969Lukas Haas, b. 1976Lukas Podolski, b. 1985Lucas Vázquez, b. 1991Lucas Moura, b. 1992Lucas Digne, b. 1993Matthias Ginter, b. 1994
  • Rem Koolhaasb. 1944NLnot in their usual nameDutch architect (1944-)
  • Tyler Batesb. 1965USnot in their usual nameAmerican musician, music producer, film score composer
  • Simon Bakerb. 1969AUnot in their usual nameAustralian actor and director (born 1969)
  • Lukas Haasb. 1976USAmerican actor
  • Lukas Podolskib. 1985PLGerman association football player (born 1985)
  • Lucas Vázquezb. 1991ESSpanish association football player
  • Lucas Mourab. 1992BRBrazilian association football player
  • Lucas Digneb. 1993FRFrench footballer (born 1993)
  • Matthias Ginterb. 1994DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player (born 1994)
  • LukasTRone of the four evangelists

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHallo Lukas,Hi Lukas, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 122 sources across 54 countries.

Official registers attesting Lukas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202033K#1,198
LT LithuaniaRegistrų centras — top-50 given names—20K#27
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)20249.5K#588
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20226.5K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—6.5K#2,285
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—2.7K#4,970
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20251.2K—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—958#496
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)2020672—
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—479#555
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202088#1,198
LT LithuaniaVLKK — Lietuvos Respublikos piliečių vardų sąvadas (recommended names)———

Reference works 12

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Lukas have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 1.3 million people named Lucas, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Lukas most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Lukas is densest in Czechia — about 1 in 52 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.
Is Lukas a male or female name?
Lukas is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Lukas mean, and where does it come from?
from Latin Lucas; used for a fairground strength-test name Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How common is the name Lukas?
In Czechia, the national register counted 205,964 people named Lukas, about 1 in 52 residents.
How common is Lukas compared with other names?
In Brazil, Lukas is the 19th most common given name of 474,894 given names recorded there.
What are other forms of the name Lukas?
In the etymology graph, Lucas, Luke and Luca are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Lukas?
A machine transcription gives /ˈluːkas/ (IPA) for German.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lukas” — the 19th most common given name in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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