Luka

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 28% girls / 72% boys

Meaning

Luka is a Slavic masculine given name. In Japanese: ルカ, るか is transliterated Luka or Ruka, and can be masculine or feminine. The male name Luka comes from the Latin word "Lucanus" which means a man from Lucania.

From Wikipedia

Luka first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 24 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2005 with 106 babies (rank #170 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Luka

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Luka yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
4Soul urgeThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,908

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

106

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Luka

Luka Modrićassociation football player · b. 1985
Luka Dončićbasketball player · b. 1999
Luka Jovićassociation football player · b. 1997
Luka Milivojevićassociation football player · b. 1991
Luka Sučićassociation football player · b. 2002

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1991	5	#942
1992	4	#1,026
1993	11	#708
1994	18	#585
1995	10	#744
1996	19	#563
1997	24	#512
1998	26	#494
1999	21	#558
2000	36	#403
2001	78	#239
2002	86	#226
2003	83	#228
2004	98	#190
2005	106	#170
2006	84	#200
2007	91	#182
2008	91	#189
2009	98	#168
2010	83	#181
2011	91	#170
2012	82	#177
2013	55	#240
2014	81	#166