Lukus
Boy · LOO-kus · Greek
Lukus is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Lucania”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Lukus mean?
Greek: phonetic spelling of Lucas, from Greek Loukas
“from Lucania”
A phonetic spelling of Lucas, the Latin form of Luke, the evangelist traditionally credited with the third Gospel.
- Say it
- LOO-kus
Is Lukus a girl's or a boy's name?
Lukus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lukus in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 5 boys.
Lukus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Lukus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Lukus, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Lukus in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11,490 boys in the US were given Lukus or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #11, up from #6,799 for this spelling alone.
Lukus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 20 | #3,968 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 17 | #3,461 |
| 1989 | 19 | #3,088 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 19 | #2,492 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 24 | #2,162 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 16 | #2,668 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
Nicknames for Lukus
- Luke 478 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Lukus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Lucas Xander Nico Logan Rio Syed Maximus Cooper Kai Liam Luke
Other spellings of Lukus
Names related to Lukus
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