Luka

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“light, from lucania” — Slavic

#942024 rank
2024peak year
23,342babies named Luka since 1880
▲ +117%5-year trend

Luka popularity over 145 years

🔥 Very popular now · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024

peak 202418801920196020002024

What does Luka mean?

The Slavic form of Lucas, from Latin, 'man from Lucania'. Standard across the Balkans and Eastern Europe, it has gained global fame through basketball star Luka Doncic.

OriginSlavic
Syllables2
Genderboy
Stylemodern, classic

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