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Character Name

Lukas

Meaning — Lukáš is the Czech and Slovak form of Luke, derived from the ancient Greek "Loukas," which may come from the Latin "Lucius" meaning "light," or more likely is a short form of "Loukanos" — a name from the region of Lucania in southern Italy. Saint Luke the Evangelist, the author of the third Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles, who was a physician and companion of Saint Paul, made this name universal across Christian Europe.·Czech origin·Male·LOO-kahsh

Lukas Lukáš is one of the most popular Czech masculine names of the past several decades — modern-sounding without being fashionable, it suggests a young man of practical intelligence and easy sociability. In contemporary Czech fiction it tends to appear on protagonists who navigate the post-communist world with pragmatic good humor.

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LukášLukasLukíkLukeLuca

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Lukas NovákLukas DvořákLukas ProcházkaLukas HoráčekLukas BlažekLukas Krejčí

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