Luka
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from the Slavic languages, of modern usage. From the common Slavic (Macedonian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Ukrainian, etc) male given name Luka and from Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian Лука́ (Luká), all cognates of English Luke and Lucas.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Luka (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Luka has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | 10 |
| 2002 | – | 12 |
| 2003 | – | – |
| 2004 | – | 10 |
| 2005 | – | 17 |
| 2006 | – | 19 |
| 2007 | – | 24 |
| 2008 | – | 16 |
| 2009 | – | 22 |
| 2010 | – | 26 |
| 2011 | – | 19 |
| 2012 | – | 19 |
| 2013 | – | 11 |
| 2014 | – | 12 |
| 2015 | – | 23 |
| 2016 | – | 21 |
| 2017 | 2 | 17 |
| 2018 | – | 25 |
| 2019 | 2 | 33 |
| 2020 | – | 31 |
| 2021 | – | 48 |
| 2022 | – | 62 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 100 |
| 2000 | – | 108 |
| 2001 | – | 117 |
| 2002 | – | 130 |
| 2003 | – | 140 |
| 2004 | – | 153 |
| 2005 | – | 175 |
| 2006 | – | 193 |
| 2007 | – | 216 |
| 2008 | – | 237 |
| 2009 | – | 262 |
| 2010 | – | 290 |
| 2011 | – | 315 |
| 2012 | – | 345 |
| 2013 | – | 363 |
| 2014 | – | 399 |
| 2015 | – | 451 |
| 2016 | 10 | 504 |
| 2017 | 12 | 551 |
| 2018 | 18 | 618 |
| 2019 | 20 | 674 |
| 2020 | 23 | 725 |
Luka in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Luka.Hi! My name is Luka.
- Luka har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Luka has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Luka i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Luka this afternoon.
- Lukas mamma är lärare.Luka's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lukas mamma is Luka's mum.
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Questions about Luka
How do you pronounce Luka in Swedish?
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What does the name Luka mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from the Slavic languages, of modern usage. From the common Slavic (Macedonian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and Ukrainian, etc) male given name Luka and from Macedonian, Russian, and Ukrainian Лука́ (Luká), all cognates of English Luke and Lucas.
How popular is Luka in Sweden?
62 babies were named Luka in 2022. In 2020, 748 people in Sweden had Luka as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.