as a First Name
In part a learned form of Luke, in part a transferred use of the surname derived from it in the Middle Ages. The Latin form Lucas was often used in the Middle Ages in written documents in place of the spoken vernacular form Luke, hence the common surname. It is also the spelling preferred in the Authorized Version of the New Testament, which has had some influence on its selection as a given name. There has been a sharp rise in its popularity since the turn of the century. Lucas is now also used as an Anglicized form of various Eastern European equivalents (see the cognates listed at Luke).
| 814th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 48,024
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 154,506
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Iowa
- has the most people named Lucas per capita
- 2010
- marked the height of its popularity
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