Lukas is a boy’s name. It is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women. It is basically a German, Irish, Czech and Scandinavian name, meaning man from Lucania. It is derived from the old Greek origins and is the form of Luke, a disciple of Lord Jesus Christ.

Luke was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus, who wrote one book in the Bible. He was with Jesus till the end of his life and learnt and followed the Lord throughout his life. This reason of the popularity this name gained is the biblical personality and gospel author Saint Luke.

Some also say the meaning of Lukas is the bringer of the light. Lukas is a very popular baby boy name, and it is also apparent as trendy. The popularity of the name has been growing since the 1970s; before that, it was of irregular use only. Its usage increased unassumingly in the year 2007 with 0.070% of the baby boys being named as Lukas. It had a ranking of 235 at that time. In the year 2008, its usage was dropped down to 0.068% and its ranking went up to 245. Among the family of boy names directly related to Lukas, Luke (English) was the most popular. In the year 2008, it was 6 times more popular than Lukas.

Now there are many famous personalities by the name of Lukas today who have gained much popularity and one of them is Lukas Podolski. He is a German footballer, born in the year 1985 on 4^th of June. He plays as a striker and is a member of the German national team.

Lukas started playing football at the age of six in the youth team of FC Bergheim, where he played until he joined Köln in 1995. It was there where Lukas’s talent was first noticed. In 2003, at the age of 18, Lukas was still a part of the club’s youth side. At this time the club found itself in horrible strait battling to avoid demotion from the Bundesliga.

In the year 2003, after several remarkable performances in his first few Bundesliga games, Polish media suggested to check Lukas out, as he was still eligible to play for Poland. But he was ignored stating that “as for today we have much superior strikers in Poland and I do not see a reason to call up a player just because he participated in one or two good matches in the Bundesliga. When his full potential was finally revealed, he had already been persuaded to represent Germany and has never looked back from there.

Hey! I am not saying it’s because of the name, its just an example.

Lukas; Geld mit Homepage verdienen leicht gemacht.