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Loukas

Λουκάς

Loukas, in English

the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke — kept on 18 October.

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AI-generated · contemporary interpretation · onomasti original, 2026

Origin

The story of Loukas

Loukas keeps 18 Octoberthe Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke.

Λουκᾶς is usually read as “man from Lucania,” the region of southern Italy.

“Man from Lucania.”

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Key facts

Loukas at a glance

Name day
2 name days are kept — Greek custom keeps them all
This year · 2026
Thursday, 11 June · Sunday, 18 October
Next year · 2027
Friday, 11 June · Monday, 18 October
Meaning
Λουκᾶς — “man from Lucania”
Patron of
the Holy Apostle and Evangelist Luke

Make it yours

Learn Loukas

Say it

Λουκάς

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In English letters: Loukas · Luke

Write it

Λουκάς

Copy it and paste it anywhere you can’t type Greek — a text, a card, a cake.

Tell the kids

Pass it on. Tell them whose name they carry — and that this day is theirs to keep.

Χρόνια Πολλά

Send Loukas a Χρόνια Πολλά

Χρόνια Πολλά Λουκάς 18 Οκτωβρίου onomasti

A name day matters more than a birthday in a Greek family — and everyone sends Χρόνια Πολλά. Here is a card to send, and the correct Greek to write, whether or not you can type it yourself.

Warm — someone close

Χρόνια πολλά!The everyday wish — “many years”.
Να τα εκατοστίσεις!“May you live to a hundred” — the traditional wish, to someone close.

Formal — an elder, or with respect

Χρόνια πολλά και ευτυχισμένα!A fuller, warmer wish — “many years, and happy ones”.
Να τα εκατοστίσετε!“May you live to a hundred” — with respect, or to more than one person.

The card and the wishes are in Greek — the way you would actually send them. We never machine-translate; these are fixed, correct greetings, and the name is woven in only where Greek grammar lets us do it without guessing.

Variations

Forms & nicknames of the name

One name takes many forms — the formal, the everyday, the affectionate, and the spellings that travelled abroad. Each has its own page here, and all share the same day.

English & romanised

you are hereLoukas Luke

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Iconography

Loukas in sacred art

DepictingSaint Luke, Archbishop of Simferopol

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