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Lucas

boy name · Latin origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

man from Lucania (a region of southern Italy) — Greek Loukas is a shortened form of Loukanos, "from Lucania"; the "light" link is a secondary folk association (via Lucania's own possible root), not the established meaning

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 2010s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lucas peaked in the 2010s.

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