Luka

From the common Slavic (Macedonian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Ukrainian, etc) male given name Luka and from Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian Лука́ (Luká), all cognates of English Luke and Lucas.

Luka

1. A male given name from the Slavic languages, of modern usage.
   • 1987, Suzanne Vega, Luka (a song):

     My name is Luka / I live on the second floor / I live upstairs from you / Yes I think you've seen me before

   • 2020 February 6, Alicia Lee, “Netflix is finally letting you stop previews from automatically playing. Here’s how to do it”, in CNN Business‎^[1], archived from the original on 20 December 2025:

     The trailer for the documentary about killer Luka Magnotta doesn’t show anything graphic, but it contains clips of him handling kittens. The trailer goes on to explain that Magnotta gruesomely abuses these kittens.

2. A transliteration of the Macedonian, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Лука́ (Luká).

• Luca
• Banja Luka

• Kalu, Kula, kula, lauk

Luka

1. a male given name

• Center for aboriginal studies (2014), “Luka”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Indigenous Names in Taiwan]‎^[2] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples

From the Slavic male given name Luka, most likely specifically from Russian Лука́ (Luká), cognate with English Luke and Lucas.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlukɑ/, [ˈlukɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ukɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Lu‧ka
• Hyphenation^(key): Lu‧ka

Luka

1. a male given name from the Slavic languages, of modern usage
2. a transliteration of the Russian male given name Лука́ (Luká)

• Luka is the 172^nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 3,706 male individuals (and as a middle name to 534 more), and also belongs to 21 female individuals (and as a middle name to 9 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• alku, kalu, laku

• IPA^(key): /ˈlu.ka/, [ˈlu.kə]

Luka

1. Luke (biblical character)
   • 2012 Baibala Hemolele, Kolosa 4:14 (tr. KJV Colossians 4:14):

     Ke uwē aku nei iā ʻoukou ʻo Luka, ke kahuna lapaʻau punahele, a me Dema.

     Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

2. Luke (book of the Bible)
3. a male given name originating from the Bible, equivalent to English Luke
4. a female given name originating from the Bible, equivalent to English Ruth, vernacular form of the biblical Ruta

• Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, pages 183, 186
• Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Luka occurs in 19th century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 27 women and 14 men.

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈɫuka/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈluka/

Luka m pers

1. a male given name

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “Luka”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

Luka m anim (Cyrillic spelling Лука)

1. a male given name from Greek, equivalent to English Luke

• IPA^(key): /lùːka/

Lúka m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Luke

• Audio (Kenya):

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Luka

1. (biblical) Luke (book of the New Testament)

Borrowed from English Luke, from Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

Luka

1. Luke
   1. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
   3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.

• Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible