Luka

Where Luka comes from

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.
— Wiktionary's entry for Luka
  • Slavic
  • Vowel-ended
Luka through the years
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #4,797 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1989
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  3. 1997
    Luka Jović born
    Serbian association football player
  4. 1999
    Luka Dončić born
    Slovenian basketball player
  5. 2025
    Peak, #85
    3,873 babies named Luka, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Slavic languages, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Luka Dončić · Slovenian basketball player, born 1999
  • Luka Jović · Serbian association football player, born 1997
  • Luka Milivojević · Serbian association football player, born 1991
  • Luka Sučić · Croatian association football player, born 2002
  • Luka Vušković · Croatian association football player, born 2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.