Luknė

GenderFeminine

Language(s)Lithuania

Meaningtaken from the name of the Lithuanian rivulet Luknė

Region of originLithuania

Luknė

Luknė, the name of the rivulet in Lithuania that is pictured, is also a well-used name for Lithuanian girls.
Gender	Feminine
Language(s)	Lithuania
Origin
Meaning	taken from the name of the Lithuanian rivulet Luknė
Region of origin	Lithuania

Luknė is a feminine given name of Lithuanian origin. It was the seventh most popular name for newborn girls in Lithuania in 2021 and the third most used name for newborn girls there in 2022.^[1] Luknė is a geographic name taken from the name of the Luknė River [lt] in Lithuania.^[2] The Etymological Dictionary of Lithuanian language associates the word with the Slavic term for water lily, with the proto-Slavic roots luk- for bend and lug- for swamp or meadow, and some other hypotheses.^[3]