Were did the name lucas descend from?
The English surname Lucas is patronymic in origin, being one of those names derived from the first name of a father or ancestor. In this case, the name simply denotes “the son of Lucas”, Lucas being the learned, and indeed, earliest form of the personal name Luke, from Latin “Lucius”, meaning “light”. The name has strong Biblical associations as it is the name of a saint, the third Evangelist beloved by Paul. It was first introduced into England, where New Testament names were rarely used, at the time of the Norman invasions in the eleventh century. Only through the Norman-French influence did such names become popular in England, and serve as the etymon of numerous family names. Today, the surnames Luke, Lukes, and Lucas are found in relatively large numbers in England. The form Lucas still survives in its original form, and seems to be concentrated mainly in the Midlands and the south-west. The earliest recorded instances of the name in England date from the middle of the twelfth cen
