Luka (given name)

Luka

Pronunciation	Serbo-Croatian: [lûːka] Slovene: [ˈlùːka]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Latin
Meaning	"Light"
Other names
Related names	Luca, Luke, Luc, Lucas, Lukas, Łukasz, Ruka

Luka is a Slavic masculine given name. It may also be a transliteration of the Japanese name Ruka.

The male name Luka comes from the Latin word "Lucanus" which means a man from Lucania. ^[1]

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. ^[2]

Notable people bearing the name include:

• Luka Andrade (born 2007), Argentine footballer
• Luka Baković (born 1997), Croatian para-athlete
• Luka Bebić (born 1937), Croatian politician, former Speaker of the Croatian Parliament
• Luka Bilobrk (born 1985), Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
• Luka Bogdanović (born 1985), Serbian basketball player
• Luka Brajkovic (born 1999), Austrian basketball player
• Luka Dončić (born 1999), Slovenian basketball player
• Luka Drašković (born 1995), Montenegrin chess player
• Luka Đorđević (born 1994), Montenegrin football player
• Luka Garza (born 1998), American basketball player of Bosnian descent
• Luka Hyryläinen (born 2004), Finnish footballer
• Luka Ivanović (born 1992), Serbian singer and songwriter known as Luke Black
• Luka Jones (born 1975), American actor and comedian, born Luka Yovetich
• Luka Jović (born 1997), Serbian football player
• Luka Kaliterna (1893–1984), Croatian football player and manager
• Luka Kuittinen (born 2003), Finnish footballer
• Luka Magnotta (born 1982), Canadian porn actor and murderer, born Eric Clinton Kirk Newman
• Luka Marić (1899–1974), Croatian biologist
• Luka Marić (born 1987), Croatian football player
• Luka Marić (born 2002), Austrian football player
• Luka Menalo (born 1996), Bosnian-Herzegovinian football player
• Luka Merdović (born 1989), Montenegrin football player
• Luka Milivojević (born 1991), Serbian football player
• Luka Mirković (born 1990), Montenegrin football player
• Luka Mitrović (born 1993), Serbian basketball player
• Luka Modrić (born 1985), Croatian football player
• Luka Nakov (born 2000), Bulgarian-Macedonian football player
• Luka Pavićević (born 1968), Montenegrin football player and coach
• Luka "Perkz" Perković (born 1998), Croatian esports player
• Luka Peruzović (born 1952), Croatian football player and manager
• Luka Rakić (born 1991), Montenegrin sprinter
• Luka Romero (born 2004), Argentine footballer
• Luka Stankovski (born 2002), Macedonian football player
• Luka Stepančić (born 1990), Croatian handball player
• Luka Svetec (1826–1921), Slovenian politician, lawyer, author, and philologist
• Luka Šamanić (born 2000), Croatian basketball player
• Luka Šulić (born 1987), Croatian-Slovenian cellist
• Luka Vušković (born 2007), Croatian football player
• Luka Žorić (born 1984), Croatian basketball player

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:

• Luka Yoshida-Martin (born 2001), Australian rules footballer

Fictional characters

• Luka Couffaine, a character in the animated television series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
• Luka Kovač, a character in the television series ER
• The subject of the 1987 Suzanne Vega song "Luka"
• Luka Lemmens, a minor character in the Belgian series wtFOCK
• Luka Macken or Ruka Makken, a character in the anime Black Butler
• Luka Millfy or Ruka Mirufi, a character in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
• Megurine Luka/Luka Megurine, a Vocaloid developed by Crypton Future Media
• Luka Redgrave, a character in the Bayonetta series
• Luka Smithee, a character in The Wonderful 101
• Urushibara Luka or Urushibara Ruka, a character in the visual novel Steins;Gate
• Luka, a character in the game Honkai: Star Rail
• Luka, a character from the webseries Alien Stage .

See also

• Lukić
• Lučić
• Luca (masculine given name)
• Luca (feminine given name)
• Lucija

References

1. Čilaš Šimpraga, Ivšić Majić and Vidović. Rječnik 500 najčešćih suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena (in Croatian). Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje. p. 39.
2. "Most frequent male and female given names by year of birth, 2011 Census". Census of Population, Households and Dwellings 2011. Zagreb: Croatian Bureau of Statistics. December 2012.