Lukas
Meaning of Lukas
Lukas breezes in like a shaft of Mediterranean sunlight—no surprise, since his roots trace back to the ancient Greek “Loukas,” meaning “man from Lucania” and, by happy linguistic accident, evoking “lux,” the Latin word for light. Storytellers first met him as Saint Luke, the compassionate physician-evangelist whose Gospel paints hope in vivid brushstrokes; artists later immortalized him as the patron saint of painters; modern soccer fans chant his name from Munich to Madrid. In English-speaking ears he’s LOO-kus, in German households LOO-kahs, but everywhere he keeps the same easy grin. Stateside, Lukas has climbed steadily since the groovy ’70s—flashing past the 600s, surfing the 200s today—proof that parents still crave a classic with a fresh passport stamp. Short, spirited, and sparkling with heritage, Lukas feels equally at home on a preschool cubby, a jazz club marquee, or a Nobel lecture ticket. Hand this name to a newborn, and you’re gifting him a pocket-sized sunrise: compact, warm, and ready to shine.
Pronunciation
German
- Pronunced as LOO-kahs (/ˈluːkas/)
English
- Pronunced as LOO-kus (/ˈluːkəs/)
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Notable People Named Lukas
| Lukas Podolski is a striker or left winger for Ekstraklasa club Gornik Zabrze, famed for his powerful left foot, explosive shooting, and incisive attacks from the left. |
| Lukas Enembe was an Indonesian politician from West Papua who served as Governor of Papua from 2013 to 2023 after earlier roles as vice regent and regent of Puncak Jaya. |
| Lukas Britschgi is a Swiss figure skater, the 2025 European champion and first Swiss man to win the title since 1947, a five time national champion and 2022 Olympian with multiple international medals. |
| Lukas Daniel Haas is an American actor and musician with a career spanning four decades and over 50 films, including Witness, Mars Attacks, Inception, The Revenant, and First Man. |
| Lukas Rieger is a German singer who mainly sings in English. |
| Lukas Gage is an American actor known for roles in American Vandal, Euphoria, The White Lotus, You, and Fargo, as well as the films Smile 2 and Companion. |
| Lukas Beck is an Austrian photographer known for his music and theatre work. |
| Lukas Vejdemo is a Swedish ice hockey forward for Leksands IF who was a third round pick by the Montreal Canadiens in the 2015 NHL Draft. |
| Lukas Dunner is an Austrian racing driver for Motopark in the International GT Open who previously competed in FIA Formula 3 and was runner-up in the 2020 Euroformula Open Championship. |
| Lukas Windfeder is a German field hockey defender for Bundesliga club Uhlenhorst Mulheim who has played 178 matches and scored 95 goals for Germany from 2014 to 2025. |
| Lukas Spendlhofer is an Austrian defender for TSV Hartberg in the Austrian Bundesliga. |
| Austrian former ski jumper Lukas Müller competed from 2007 to 2016. |
| German goalkeeper Lukas Konstantin Schneller plays professionally for SV Sandhausen in the Regionalliga Sudwest. |
| Lukas Krüger - Lukas Felix Krueger is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward for Eintracht Norderstedt. |
| Lukas Wenig is a German professional darts player who competes on the PDC tour and reached his first ranking final at the 2025 Players Championship 23. |
