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Meaning of the nameLuccas

Luccas is a spelling of the name Lucas, which means “probably 'from Lucania', a shortened form of Loukanós”.

Meaning

“probably 'from Lucania', a shortened form of Loukanós”

Meaning of the name Lucas, of which Luccas is a spelling.

Source: Behind the Name: Luke · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lucas

People (2022)
6,229
Rank in Brazil
#2,351
Median age
10 years
2010 Census
1,975
people

Luccas in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Luccas, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (2,036 people).

35 women 6,194 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Luccas is most common

States with the highest share of people named Luccas in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. São Paulo 0.005%
  2. Rio de Janeiro 0.005%
  3. Paraná 0.003%
  4. Minas Gerais 0.003%
  5. Rio Grande do Sul 0.003%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo2,2390.005%
Rio de Janeiro7820.005%
Minas Gerais5780.003%
Paraná3310.003%
Rio Grande do Sul3020.003%
Pernambuco2160.002%
Bahia2000.001%
Santa Catarina1720.002%
Goiás1670.002%
Pará1540.002%
Ceará1400.002%
Maranhão1050.002%
Mato Grosso1020.003%
Espírito Santo890.002%
Amazonas880.002%
Paraíba860.002%
Alagoas720.002%
Piauí650.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul610.002%
Distrito Federal580.002%
Rio Grande do Norte570.002%
Sergipe450.002%
Tocantins390.003%
Rondônia370.002%
Roraima160.003%
Amapá150.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Luccas

It doubles the C, a spelling that the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists among the spelling variants of Lucas.

About the name Lucas

Wiktionary traces Lucas from Old Portuguese Lucas, Latin Lūcās and Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), the name of the New Testament evangelist. Behind the Name says that Loukâs is probably a shortened form of Loukanós, 'from Lucania', and allows as an alternative a link with Latin Lucius. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil), citing Machado (1981), also speaks of an apparent origin in a shortened form of Loukanós. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,341,525 people named Lucas, with a median age of 20.

Other spellings of Lucas

SpellingPeople (2022)
Lucas1,341,525
Lukas6,496
Luccas6,229

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Lucas · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Behind the Name: Luke · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Lucas · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Lukas · behindthename.com · spelling

Questions about the name Luccas

What does the name Luccas mean?

Luccas means “probably 'from Lucania', a shortened form of Loukanós”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil. This is the meaning of the name Lucas, of which Luccas is a spelling.

How many people are named Luccas in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 6,229 people with the first name Luccas, which ranks it number 2,351 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Luccas a boy's or a girl's name?

Luccas is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 35 women and 6,194 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Luccas?

Luccas is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Luccas most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.005% of the state's population is named Luccas (2,239 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Luccas?

Lucas and Lukas. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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