Lucas (given name)
Lucas is a multilingual masculine given name of Latin origin. It is derived from the Latin verb "lucere", meaning "to shine". Lucas is used as a given name in Greek, English, Spanish, French, Dutch, and Portuguese.
Different spellings across languages
- Amharic - Luqas
- Arabic - Luqa / Lukas
- Armenian - Ղուկաս, Ghukas
- Croatian / Serbian / Slovenian - Luka
- Czech - Lukáš
- Dutch - Lucas / Lukas / Luca
- English - Luke / Lucas / Lukas
- Estonian - Luukas
- Finnish - Luukas
- French - Luc / Lucas
- Georgian - ლუკა
- German - Lucas / Lukas
- Greek - Loukas - Ancient Greek
- Hungarian - Lukács / Lúkas / Lúkasz
- Icelandic - Lúkas
- Indonesian - Lukas, Lucas
- Irish: Lúc, Lúcás
- Italian - Luca
- Japanese - ルーカス
- Korean - 루카스
- Latin - Lucas
- Latvian - Lūkass
- Lithuanian - Lukas
- Norwegian / Swedish / Danish - Lucas / Lukas
- Polish - Łukasz
- Portuguese - Lucas
- Romanian - Luca, Lucas
- Russian - Лукьян / Лука
- Slovak - Lukáš
- Spanish - Lucas
- Turkish - Luka / Lukas
- Ukrainian - Лук'ян
Notable people
In arts and entertainment
- Lucas Bryant, Canadian-American actor
- Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter
- Lucas Cranach the Younger, German Renaissance painter
- Lucas Cruikshank, American internet celebrity
- Lucas Grabeel, American actor
- Lucas Hedges, American actor
- Lucas Jade Zumann, American actor
- Lucas Lira, Brazilian YouTuber, entrepreneur and influencer
- Lucas Secon, Danish-American rapper and music producer
- Lucas Till, American actor
- Lucas van Leyden, Dutch painter
- Lucas (rapper), Hong Kong rapper
In politics, government, and religion
- Lucas (archbishop of Esztergom), Hungarian prelate and diplomat
- Lucas Atkinson, American politician
- Lucas Bersamin, Filipino judge
- Lucas Bolsius, Dutch historian and politician
- Lucas Hartong, Dutch politician
- Lucas Kerketta, Indian bishop
- Lucas Papademos, Greek bank official and prime minister
- Lucas Samalenge, Congolese and Katangese politician
In sport
In association football
- Lucas Andersen, Danish professional footballer
- Lucas Biglia, Argentine footballer
- Lucas Cano, Argentine retired footballer
- Lucas Cavallini, Canadian currently playing for Vancouver Whitecaps
- Lucas Hernandez, French currently playing for Paris Saint-Germain
- Lucas Leiva, Brazilian, formerly played for Lazio and Liverpool.
- Lucas Licht, Argentine-Israeli currently playing for Gimnasia La Plata
- Lucas Lobos, Argentine, played for Tigres UANL
- Lucas Moura, Brazilian currently playing for São Paulo.
- Lucas Neill, Australian, played for Galatasaray and Blackburn Rovers
- Lucas Paquetá, Brazilian currently playing for West Ham United
- Lucas Pérez, Spanish currently playing for Alavés
- Lucas Piazon, Brazilian currently playing for Rio Ave
- Lucas Radebe, South African, played for Leeds United and Kaizer Chiefs
- Lucas Rios Marques, Brazilian currently playing for Figueirense
- Lucas Rougeaux, French currently playing for OGC Nice
- Lucas Salinas, Brazilian football player
- Lucas Severino, Brazilian, played for FC Tokyo
- Lucas Silva, several people
- Lucas Torreira, Uruguayan currently playing for Arsenal
- Lucas Torró, Spanish currently playing for Eintracht Frankfurt
- Lucas Vázquez, Spanish currently playing for Real Madrid
- Lucas Zelarayán, Argentine currently playing for Columbus Crew
- Lucas Zen, Brazilian currently playing for Botafogo
- Jefferson Lucas Azevedo dos Santos, Brazilian football player
In basketball
- Lucas Dias, Brazilian player
- Lucas Mariano, Brazilian player
- Lucas Mayer, German player
- Lucas Mondelo, Spanish coach
- Lucas Nogueira, Brazilian player
- Lucas Tohătan, Romanian player
In other sports
- Lucas Barbosa (gymnast), Brazilian aerobic gymnast
- Lucas Bitencourt, Brazilian male artistic gymnast
- Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, Norwegian-born Brazilian World Cup alpine ski racer
- Lucas Braun, American baseball player
- Lucas Broussard, American figure skater
- Lucas Browne, Australian former professional boxer, mixed martial artist and kickboxer
- Lucas Bruchet, Canadian track and field athlete
- Lucas Carneiro, American football player
- Lucas Carvalho, Brazilian sprinter
- Lucas Calabrese, Argentine sailor
- Lucas Chanavat, French cross-country skier
- Lucas Chanson, Swiss judoka
- Lucas Chumbo, Brazilian professional surfer
- Lucas Claerbout, French badminton player
- Lucas Condotta, Canadian professional ice hockey winger and captain
- Lucas Corvée, French badminton player
- Lucas Créange, French Paralympic table tennis player
- Lucas Daniel, French competitive archer
- Lucas Didier, French para table tennis player
- Lucas Eguibar, Spanish snowboarder
- Lucas Eriksson, Swedish cyclist
- Lukas Feurstein, Austrian World Cup alpine ski racer
- Lucas Foster (snowboarder), American snowboarder
- Lucas Fratzscher, German biathlete
- Lucas Giolito, American professional baseball pitcher
- Lucas Glover, American professional golfer
- Lucas González Amorosino, Argentine rugby player
- Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian racing car driver
- Lucas Guzmán, Argentine taekwondo athlete
- Lucas Hammond Canadian rugby player
- Lucas Hatton, professional strongman
- Lucas Havrisik, American football player
- Lucas Henveaux, Belgian competitive swimmer
- Lucas Herbert (golfer), Australian professional golfer
- Lucas Krull, American football player
- Lucas Lacamp, professional rugby union player
- Lucas Luetge, American professional baseball pitcher
- Lucas Martins, Brazilian mixed martial artist
- Lucas Matthysse, Argentine boxer
- Lucas Matzerath, German swimmer
- Lucas Mazur, French para-badminton player
- Lucca Mesinas, Peruvian surfer
- Lucas Miedler, Austrian tennis player
- Lucas Monteverde, Argentine professional polo player
- Lucas Niang, American football player
- Lucas Oluoch, Kenyan cricketer
- Lucas Ostapiv, Brazilian taekwondo practitioner
- Lucas Parsons, Australian former professional golfer and chef
- Lucas Patrick, American football player
- Lucas Pazat, French male canoeist
- Lucas Puig, French professional skateboarder
- Lucas Ramirez, Dominican-Brazilian professional baseball player
- Lucas Raymond, Swedish ice hockey player
- Lucas Rotich, Kenyan long-distance runner
- Lucas Rual, French sailor
- Lucas Saatkamp, Brazilian volleyball player; generally known as "Lucas" or "Lucão"
- Lucas Salatta, Brazilian backstroke swimmer
- Lucas Serme, professional squash player who represented France
- Lucas Tobias, Brazilian individual and synchronised trampoline gymnast
- Lucas Vita, Brazilian water polo player
- Lucas Verthein, Brazilian rower
- Lucas Werthein, Argentine equestrian
- Lucas Zellmer, German yacht racer
Fictional characters with the name
- Lucas (Mother 3), the main protagonist of the 2006 video game Mother 3
- Lucas (Pokémon), male protagonist of the games Pokémon Diamond, ''Pearl, and Platinum and the remakes Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
- Lucas Davidowicz, a character from the Ctrl+Alt+Del webcomic
- Lucas Fitzgerald, character in the Network Ten soap opera Neighbours
- Lucas Friar, a character from the Disney Channel television series Girl Meets World
- Lucas Goodwin, character in Netflix series House of Cards
- Lucas Gottesman, a character in Pretty Little Liars
- Lucas Hay, character in Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks
- Lucas Hellinger, character in the television series FlashForward
- Lucas Holden, character in the soap opera Home and Away
- Lucas Jackson, name of Paul Newman's character in Cool Hand Luke
- Lucas Johnson, character in the BBC soap opera EastEnders
- Lucas Kane, main character in the Fahrenheit video game
- Lucas Kendell, a character from the television series Power Rangers Time Force
- Lucas Lee, teenage character in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Lucas McCain, name of character played by Chuck Connors in The Rifleman TV series
- Lucas North, one of the main characters of the television series Spooks
- Lucas Roberts, character on the NBC soap opera Days of our Lives
- Lucas Scott, teen character on One Tree Hill
- Lucas Sinclair, a main character on Stranger Things
- Lucas the Spider
- Lucas Trent, Midnighter's secret identity
- Lucas Valieri, a character in Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Lucas Wolenczak, teenage character on SeaQuest DSV
- Lucas, character from Minecraft: Story Mode
- Lucas, a character from the video game A Plague Tale: Innocence and its sequel A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Lucas, a character from the 2024 movie Tarot''