Luukas

Luukas

1. Luke (biblical character).
2. a male given name

From Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs).

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːkɑs/, [ˈluːkɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -uːkɑs
• Syllabification^(key): Luu‧kas

Luukas

1. Luke (biblical character)

   Luukkaan evankeliumi ― Gospel of Luke

2. a male given name from Greek
3. a Finnish surname transferred from the given name

• Both of the two ways of inflecting Luukas presented above are regarded as equally acceptable. Type 41 declension used to be the only accepted declension, but type 39 declension has become more common in most contexts.
• Type 41 is far more common in Biblical contexts.

• Luukas is the 207^th most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 2,704 male individuals (and as a middle name to 836 more), and also belongs as a middle name to 6 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
• The surname Luukas belongs to 147 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• kaulus, kulaus, kuulas, luuska, sulkua