Lucas - Meaning of Lucas

What does Lucas mean?

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Lucas

[ 2 syll. lu-cas, luc-as ] The baby boy name Lucas is pronounced in English as LUW-KahS, in Dutch as LUY-KaaS, in French as Luw-KAE, or in Portuguese as LUW-Kah-SH †. Lucas is of Latin and Old Greek origin, and it is used mainly in the Dutch, German, Irish, Scandinavian, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish languages.

Lucas is a variation (Dutch, German, Irish, and Scandinavian) of Lucius (English, German, and French).

Lucas is also a variation (Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish) of Luke (Latin and English).

See also the related categories, english, latin, portuguese, greek, spanish, dutch, french, german, scandinavian, and irish.

Lucas is very popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1950s. Its usage peaked recently in 2017 with 0.660% of baby boys being given the name Lucas. Its ranking then was #11. In 2018, it ranked at #8 with a usage of 0.652%, and it was the most popular among all boy names in its group. Lucas was more widely used than the subsequent ranked name, Luke, by 47% in 2018.

Baby names that sound like Lucas include Lacee, Lacey, Lachey, Lachi, Lachie, Lachy, Laci, Lacie, Lacy, Lagi, Lais, Lajos, Lakee, Lalla, Langy, Lashi, Lasho, Laskee, Laskey, and Laski.

† Pronunciation for Lucas: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; UY as in "rue (French)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)"