Luka is a boy's name of English origin meaning “man from Lucania.” In 2024 it was given to 3,697 boys in the United States.
Luka belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “man from Lucania” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Luka first appears in Social Security records in 1975. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #94 in 2024, and in 2024 3,697 babies received the name — 25,067 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Luka means “man from Lucania” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Luka is a boy name. In 2024, 3,697 babies received the name in the US.
Luka comes from the English & American tradition.
Luka first appears in US records in 1975. Its best-ever ranking was #94 in 2024, and 3,697 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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