Lukas, a variant and alternate spelling of Lucas, comes from the Greek names Loukas and Loukanos, meaning "from Lucania." Lucania was an ancient region of Southern Italy, corresponding to the modern-day region of Basilicata. It first appeared in the Social Security Administration's top 1,000 for boy names in 1978 and has now been a top-300 boy's name every year since 2004. It's also the name Filipino actress Rachelle Ann Go chose for her son Lukas Judah, born in 2021.
