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Lucas

Pronunciation: LOO-kəs (key)

Origin of the name Lucas:

An Ecclesiastic Late Latin name thought to be a derivative of Lucius, which is from the root lux (light). Alternatively, some believe the name is derived from the Ecclesiastic Greek Loukas, a contraction of Loukanos (man from Lucania).

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The name of one of the four evangelists in Spanish. The others are Mateo, Juan and Marcos.

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I have a Lucas. He is our third son of four. He's siblings are: Ethan (11), Benjamin(8), and Roman(1).

His name is Lucas Isaac. And he is definitely my sunshine and laughter (Isaac). His name suits him perfectly.

Living in Germany now, and it's a pretty popular name. Lucas (Lukas) is Luke in German also.

All our sons have Biblical names... His nick name is Luca.

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Luke, Luc, Lukie, Lou, Luka

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Lucas Cranach, Northern Renaissance painter
George Lucas, Star Wars creator

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