LUCAS Origin of surname
LUCAS
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from Jewish symbols embedded in legend and history.
Lucas is a form of the Latin Lux, meaning "light".
Translated into the Latin Lux and the German Licht or Feuer ("fire"), "light" became the source of Jewish names ranging from Lucius (Latin), Lukuas (Greek), Luca (Romanian) to Lukacs (Hungarian) and Lumbroso (Spanish), from places of origin and residence incorporating the German word for "light" (Lichten, Lichtenberg) and artificial place names (Lichtheim, Lichtenfeld etc.) to occupational names such as Lichtman and Hebrew abbreviations (Lash as an abbreviation for Lichtenstadt and Lichtenstein). Latin and Greek variants are recorded since the start of the Common Era, when the Romans were the dominant power in the Mediterranean and the Near East. Lukuas/Lukas was the name of the leader of the 115-117 Jewish uprising in Cyrene (in Greek, Pentapolis), the ancient capital of Cyrenaica (Libya), which swept across North Africa and was quelled only after heavy fighting by Emperor Trajan's General Marcius Turbo.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Lucas include the English explorer of North American Indian territories and of Africa, Louis Arthur Lucas.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name derives from Jewish symbols embedded in legend and history.
Lucas is a form of the Latin Lux, meaning "light".
Translated into the Latin Lux and the German Licht or Feuer ("fire"), "light" became the source of Jewish names ranging from Lucius (Latin), Lukuas (Greek), Luca (Romanian) to Lukacs (Hungarian) and Lumbroso (Spanish), from places of origin and residence incorporating the German word for "light" (Lichten, Lichtenberg) and artificial place names (Lichtheim, Lichtenfeld etc.) to occupational names such as Lichtman and Hebrew abbreviations (Lash as an abbreviation for Lichtenstadt and Lichtenstein). Latin and Greek variants are recorded since the start of the Common Era, when the Romans were the dominant power in the Mediterranean and the Near East. Lukuas/Lukas was the name of the leader of the 115-117 Jewish uprising in Cyrene (in Greek, Pentapolis), the ancient capital of Cyrenaica (Libya), which swept across North Africa and was quelled only after heavy fighting by Emperor Trajan's General Marcius Turbo.
Distinguished bearers of the Jewish family name Lucas include the English explorer of North American Indian territories and of Africa, Louis Arthur Lucas.