Lykke

See also: lykke

Danish

Etymology

From medieval Danish Lydik, Lydike, from Middle Low German Ludeke, diminutive of Germanic compound names beginning with the element Liut' ("folk"), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“folk, people”). By folk etymology associated with Danish lykke (“happiness”).

Proper noun

Lykke

1. a female given name
   • 2025 July 5, Sebastian Shukla, “Denmark has long been Euroskeptic. Donald Trump helped change that”, in CNN‎^[1] (in English):

     Lykke Friis, a prominent Danish international affairs analyst and a former minister, told CNN that the country has experienced “a triple shock” that includes the war in Ukraine and the departure of the United Kingdom from the EU, known as Brexit. The biggest shock, however, has come in the form of Trump.

2. (dated) a male given name, today mostly appearing as a second given name
3. a surname originating as a patronymic

References

• [2] Name statistics for Denmark >1900-2005