# Luka

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #21,571

## Definitions
1. A male given name from the Slavic languages, of modern usage.
2. A transliteration of the Macedonian, Russian, or Ukrainian male given name Лука́ (Luká).

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **lux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lux)
- **luv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-luv)
- **luz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-luz)
- **Luo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-luo)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lun)
- **lul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lul)
- **lum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lum)
- **Luke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-luke)
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lung)
- **lust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lust)
- **lump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lump)
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lure)
- **luna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-luna)
- **lush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lush)
- **lulu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lulu)
- **Lund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lund)
- **lurk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lurk)
- **lull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lull)
- **luxe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-luxe)
- **lutz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luka-vs-lutz)

## Common misspellings (5)
`lkua`, `lluka`, `luak`, `lukka`, `ulka`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/luka