Luka is a masculine given name used in the South Slavic-speaking countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia. It is derived from the Latin name Lucas. The name is common among Christians as a result of Luke the Evangelist (sveti Luka).
Pronunciation | Serbo-Croatian: [lûːka] Slovene: [ˈlùːka] |
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Gender | Male |
Language(s) | Serbo-Croatian, Slovene |
Origin | |
Word/name | Latin |
Meaning | "Light" |
Other names | |
Related names | Luca, Luke, Luc, Lucas, Lukas, Łukasz |
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.[1]
Notable people bearing the name include:
In addition, the name in Japanese: ルカ, るか is transliterated Luka or Ruka, and can be masculine or feminine (possibly related to Haruka). People with the name include: