Name meaning & stats
Lukasz
Lukasz means “from Lucania (light)” (Latin origin). 711 US babies since 1940, peak 2007. Notable Lukaszs are 2.0× over-represented as basketball players.
What it means
“from Lucania (light)”
LatinSpelling of Lucas
Lucas around the world
- Лукас · Russian
- Лукас · Ukrainian
- Λουκάς · Greek
- لوكاس · Arabic
- לוקאס · Hebrew
- ルーカス · Japanese
- 卢卡斯 · Chinese
- Luuk · Dutch
- Łukasz · Polish
- Luukas
Famous Lucass
- Lucas Vázquez · Spanish association football player
- Lucas Cranach the Elder · German painter and printmaker (1472–1553)
- Lucas Hernandez · French footballer (born 1996)
- Lucas Digne · French footballer (born 1993)
In US birth records
Peak year: 2007
711 US babies were named Lukasz between 1940 and 2025.
Lukasz around the world
- England & Wales: 359 babies since 1996, peak 2012, No. 2,131 in 2025
- Norway: 1,912 babies since 1945, peak 1983
- France: 90 babies since 1900, peak 2023
- Ireland: 68 babies since 1964, peak 2011
- Scotland: 24 babies since 1974, peak 2009
From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.
Where Lukaszs end up
| Career | vs expected | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Basketball player | 2.0× | Low · 6 people |
| Footballer | 0.9× | Low · 1 people |
| Economist | 1.2× | Low · 1 people |
| Photographer | 1.2× | Low · 1 people |
Among notable men who are basketball players, Lukaszs show up 2.0× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.
Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.
Other spellings
1 in 533 Lucass spell it Lukasz
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2007)