How to write “Lucas or Lukas” in Korean
루카스 ru-ka-seu
What Korean friends call you
- 루카스야 ru-ka-seu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 루카스 씨 ru-ka-seu-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Lucas
- 루커스 17 (77%)
- 루카스 5 (23%)
Korean labels of 22 people named Lucas on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 루커스; most Koreans write 루카스.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Lucas Giolito 루카스 (sometimes 루커스); Lucas Glover 루카스 (sometimes 루커스); Lucas Hedges 루카스 (sometimes 루커스).
Well-known people named Lucas or Lukas, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Lukas Podolski — 루카스 포돌스키
- Lucas Vázquez — 루카스 바스케스
- Lucas Hernandez — 루카스 에르난데스
- Lucas Moura — 루카스 모우라
329,927 babies were named Lucas in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 123rd most common name.
Block by block
- 루 = ㄹ + ㅜ · 5 strokes
Also in 루: Andrew 앤드루 · Luke 루크 · Luis 루이스
- 카 = ㅋ + ㅏ · 4 strokes
Also in 카: Jessica 제시카 · Kyle 카일 · Carter 카터
- 스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
Also in 스: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스
루카스 takes 12 strokes in all.
More names: Charles 찰스 · Morgan 모건 · Riley 라일리 · Rachel 레이첼 · Liam 리암
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