What does Lucas mean?

Lucas means "bright, born at daybreak"

How do we pronounce Lucas?

Lucas \lu-cas, luc-as\ is a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Lucas is pronounced in Dutch as LUYKaaS, in English as LUWKahS, in French as LuwKAE, or in Portuguese as LUWKah-SH 1.

1 Pronunciation for Lucas: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; UY as in "rue (French)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)"

What is the origin of Lucas?

Lucas is of Latin and Old Greek origin, and it is used mainly in the Dutch, German, Irish, Scandinavian, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Lucas is a variation (Dutch, German, Irish, and Scandinavian) of Lucius definition (English, German, and French). Lucas is also a variation (Dutch, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish) of name Luke meaning (Latin and English). Lucas is very popular as a baby name for boys, and it is also considered trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1950s. Its usage peaked recently in 2010 with 0.506% of baby boys being given the name Lucas. Its ranking then was #35. Among all boy names in its group, Lucas was the most popular in 2010. Lucas was more widely used than the subsequent ranked name, name Luke, by 17% in that year.

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The baby name Lucas fun facts:

The name Lucas in reverse order is "Sacul".

The numerological value of the name Lucas is number 2 and 11, which means cooperation, adaptability, consideration of others, partnering, mediating+ higher spiritual plane, intuitive, illumination, idealist, a dreamer.

How popular is Lucas?

Lucas is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.64%
20130.61%
20120.57%
20110.55%
20100.54%
20090.48%
20080.46%
20070.42%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames