Lukas
A German and Scandinavian spelling of Łukasz, from the Greek for "from Lucania". Given only to boys and still rare in Poland, though more newborns carried it last year than in most years past.
Lukas Pronunciation
Lukas is pronounced LOO-kahs (/ˈlukas/).
What Lukas means
Where Lukas comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Lukas begins in Greek, in the name Loukas. It points to a place, Lucania, a region of southern Italy, so the plain sense of the name is "from Lucania," one who came from that land. The most famous early bearer was Luke the Evangelist, the physician credited with the third Gospel, and his name traveled with the Christian calendar across Europe.
In German and Scandinavian usage the spelling settled as Lukas, clean and short. Poland kept its own form, Łukasz, with that crossed Ł that marks the name as native. The two are the same name wearing different clothes.
Read a class register in a Polish school and you may find a Lukas beside a Łukasz, the imported form next to the homegrown one. Neither cancels the other. The meaning holds under both spellings: from Lucania, the man from the south.
How many people are named Lukas
1 in 14917 men in Poland is named Lukas. 1,431 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #810 among male names.
Lukas's popularity over time
26 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #465 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2020.
Where parents choose Lukas
Lukas is most popular in Opole, 720% above the national average (14 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lesser Poland (+102%) and Silesian (+78%). It is least common in Łódź and Subcarpathian, 57% and 55% below average respectively.
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Opole
+720%1 in 3,293 babies
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Lesser Poland
+102%1 in 13,348 babies
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Silesian
+78%1 in 15,172 babies
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Łódź
−57%1 in 63,359 babies
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Subcarpathian
−55%1 in 60,283 babies
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Greater Poland
−50%1 in 53,811 babies
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Opole+720% 14 born1 in 3,293 babies+720%
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Lesser Poland+102% 17 born1 in 13,348 babies+102%
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Silesian+78% 15 born1 in 15,172 babies+78%
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Warmian-Masurian+51% 4 born1 in 17,948 babies+51%
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Lublin+5% 4 born1 in 25,669 babies+5%
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Lower Silesian+3% 6 born1 in 26,189 babies+3%
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West Pomeranian−4% 3 born1 in 28,142 babies−4%
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Podlaskie−18% 2 born1 in 32,893 babies−18%
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Masovian−47% 7 born1 in 50,609 babies−47%
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Greater Poland−50% 4 born1 in 53,811 babies−50%
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Subcarpathian−55% 2 born1 in 60,283 babies−55%
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Łódź−57% 2 born1 in 63,359 babies−57%
Lukas as a middle name
Lukas is a first name for 1,431 men in Poland and a middle name for another 570, a 72/28 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 299th, between Melchior (573) and Nicholas (567).
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#297 Narcyz578
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#298 Melchior573
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#299 Lukas570
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#300 Nicholas567
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#301 Justyn566