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First name origins & meanings:

  1. Latin: Bringer of light
  2. Greek: Patron saint of doctors, artists, and creatives
  3. English: Bringer of light

First name variations: Lucca, Luces, Luka, Lukas, Luke, Lukes, Lukus, Luc, Luckas, Luchas, Luca, Luka, Lukas, Lucais, Lucan, Lucian, Lucien, Lucius, Luciano, Lukyan, Lukian, Lukács, Luke

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, etc.: from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’. Compare Lucio. The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to St. Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. Compare Luke. This is also found as an Americanized form of Greek Loukas.
  2. Scottish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas).
  3. As a French name Lucas has been recorded in Canada since 1653, taken to Trois Rivières, Quebec, by one Lucas-Lépine from Normandy.

Famous people with this last name: George Lucas

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Mick Jagger, Willie Nelson

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