Lukas
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Lukas or Lucas is the Latin form of the Greek name Loukas. Sources indicate that the name originated from the biblical personality and gospel author Saint Luke.
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[edit] Meaning and different spellings
- Croatian - Luka
- Czech - Lukáš
- English - Luke/Lucas
- French - Luc
- Hungarian - Lukas/Lukacs - Light, the lonely Mountain
- Icelandic - Lúkas
- Italian - Luca
- German - Lukas
- Latin - Lucas (from the verb "lucere")
- Lithuanian - Lukas
- Norwegian/Swedish - Lukas
- Anglo-saxon - Lukas
- Polish - Łukasz
- Portuguese - Lucas
- Slovak - Lukáš
- Serbian/Slovenian - Luka
- Spanish - Lucas
- Persian - Lucas - Light, Fakkel, Maashal
[edit] Famous Persons named Lukas
[edit] Surnames
- Josef Lukas, actor ( 1966, "Journey to the Beginning of Time")
- Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus
- J. Anthony Lukas, American journalist
[edit] First name
- Lukas Podolski, a German football player (Bavaria Munich).
- Lukas Moodysson, a Swedish film writer and director
- Lukas Haas, an American actor
