Luka (given name)

Luka
PronunciationSerbo-Croatian: [lûːka]
Slovene: [ˈlùːka]
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameLatin
Meaning"Light"
Other names
Related namesLuca, Luke, Luc, Lucas, Lukas, Łukasz, Ruka

Luka is a Slavic masculine given name. In Japanese: ルカ, るか is transliterated Luka or Ruka, and can be masculine or feminine (possibly related to Haruka).

The male name Luka comes from the Latin word "Lucanus" which means a man from Lucania.

In Croatia, the name Luka was among the most common masculine given names in the decades between 1990 and 2011, and was the most common name in the 2000s.

Notable people bearing the name include:

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