Lucas
From the Greek for "light", it shares a root with the homegrown Łukasz. Given only to boys, and sparingly at that: most Poles have never met one.
Lucas Pronunciation
Lucas is pronounced LOO-tsahs (/ˈlut͡sas/).
What Lucas means
Where Lucas comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Lucas comes from the Greek Loukas, which passed into Latin as Lucas. The oldest sense points to Lucania, a region of southern Italy, so the name once marked its bearer as a man from that place. Later readers linked it to the Latin lux, meaning light, and the reading of a light-bearer attached itself to the name.
The most famous early bearer is Luke the Evangelist, who wrote the third Gospel. In Poland the same root grew a different form. There it became Łukasz, the variant a teacher still reads aloud from the class register.
The spelling held firm in English, French, and Spanish alike. Lucas travels well. Its name-day falls on 18 October, the feast of Saint Luke.
How many people are named Lucas
1 in 13675 men in Poland is named Lucas. 1,561 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #786 among male names.
Lucas's popularity over time
23 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #489 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2004.
Where parents choose Lucas
Lucas is most popular in Lesser Poland, 93% above the national average (18 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Holy Cross (+75%) and Masovian (+64%). It is least common in Łódź and Lublin, 62% and 29% below average respectively.
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Lesser Poland
+93%1 in 12,606 babies
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Holy Cross
+75%1 in 13,858 babies
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Masovian
+64%1 in 14,761 babies
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Łódź
−62%1 in 63,359 babies
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Lublin
−29%1 in 34,225 babies
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Podlaskie
−26%1 in 32,893 babies
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Lesser Poland+93% 18 born1 in 12,606 babies+93%
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Holy Cross+75% 4 born1 in 13,858 babies+75%
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Masovian+64% 24 born1 in 14,761 babies+64%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian+55% 7 born1 in 15,626 babies+55%
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Warmian-Masurian+35% 4 born1 in 17,948 babies+35%
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Greater Poland+13% 10 born1 in 21,524 babies+13%
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Lubusz−2% 2 born1 in 24,829 babies−2%
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Silesian−15% 8 born1 in 28,448 babies−15%
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Lower Silesian−23% 5 born1 in 31,427 babies−23%
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Podlaskie−26% 2 born1 in 32,893 babies−26%
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Lublin−29% 3 born1 in 34,225 babies−29%
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Łódź−62% 2 born1 in 63,359 babies−62%
Lucas as a middle name
Lucas is a first name for 1,561 men in Poland and a middle name for another 520, a 75/25 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 316th, between Baltazar (522) and Angel (505).
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#314 Can523
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#315 Baltazar522
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#316 Lucas520
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#317 Angel505
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#318 Heronim502