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Lucas name meaning

“from Lucania (probably)”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
L
Origin
Latin · Greek
Category
Western Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2010s: 14%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Chinese table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s14%

Latin origin

Lucas is a boy's name, the Latin form of Greek Loukas, probably meaning 'from Lucania'.

What does Lucas mean?

From Lucania (probably)

In Malay: dari Lucania (kemungkinan)

Sources (2)

About the name Lucas

Lucas is the Latin form of the Greek name Loukas, the source of English Luke. Loukas is probably a short form of Loukanos, possibly meaning 'from Lucania', a region of southern Italy; another theory links it to Lucius. The name spread through Saint Luke, traditionally credited with the third Gospel. JPN records show it peaking in the 2010s with 1,869 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginLatin, Greek
SyllablesLu-cas

Lucas in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
Boy: 1,869 · 14%
People registered with Lucas as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Chinese table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Lucas · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Luke · behindthename.com · meaning

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