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Lucas is a multilingual masculine given name of Latin origin. It is derived from the Latin verb "lucere", meaning "to shine", from which the English name Luke comes from. Lucas is used a given name in languages such as English , Spanish , French , Dutch , and Portuguese .
Lukas Jutkiewicz, English football (soccer) player Lukas Kampa (born 1986), German professional volleyball player Lukáš Klíma (curler) (born 1991), Czech curler
The name Luke is the English form and the diminutive of the Latin name Lucas. Although the name is attested in ancient inscriptions, the best known historical use of the name is in the New Testament. The Gospel of Luke was written around 70 to 90 AD (the exact years are unknown).
Luca has risen in popularity as a name for boys in other countries. It's relation to the already popular names Lucas and Luke has been attributed to its popularity. [ 1 ] It was the third-most popular name for newborn boys in New Zealand in 2023 and is also common in Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands.
Lucius probably derives from Latin word lux (gen. lucis), meaning "light" (<PIE *leuk-, "brightness"), related to the Latin verb lucere ("to shine") and cognate to the name Lucas. Another proposed etymology is derivation from Etruscan Lauchum (or Lauchme) meaning "king", which was more directly transferred into Latin as Lucumo. [1]
This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
Luka is a Slavic masculine given name. It may also be a transliteration of the Japanese name Ruka. In the Slavic-speaking countries of it is derived from the Latin name Lucas. The name is common among Christians due to Luke the Evangelist. The male name Luka comes from the Latin word "Lucanus" which means a man from Lucania. [1]
Łukasz or Lukasz (pronounced) is a Polish masculine given name, derived from Greek Λουκᾶς, Lukas. Derived family names are Łukaszewski , Łukaszewicz / Łukasiewicz / Lukashevich , Lukash (as transliterated from Ukrainian), Lukashenko (Ukrainian).