Leka (name)

Leka is an male name and surname. In the Balkans, it has spread in the forms Lecca (Romanian), Lekkas (Greek), Lekić (Serbo-Croatian).

Given name

  • Leka (Paulician leader), Byzantine Paulician, possibly of Albanian birth[1]
  • Lekë Dukagjini, Albanian Nobleman who canonized the Kanun
  • Lekë Matrënga (1567–1619) was an Arbëresh writer and Catholic priest of Byzantine rite in the Albanian community of Sicily
  • Leca of Cătun, Wallachian political figure of Albanian origin, prominent under Princes Michael the Brave, Radu Șerban, and Radu Mihnea
  • Lekë Zaharia, Arbëresh writer
  • Lekë Dushmani, one of the founders of the League of Lezhë
  • Leka, Crown Prince of Albania, only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine of Albania
  • Leka, Prince of Albania, the claimant to the defunct throne of Albania and the head of the House of Zogu
  • Leka Mini Baridam, Nigerian taekwondo practitioner
  • Leka Bungo (1944–2025), Albanian director, actor, and screenwriter
  • Leka Gjiknuri (1942–1998), member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in New York and Paris
  • Leka Ndoja (born 1962), Albanian researcher of literature and history and an Albanian translator
  • Leka Tuʻungafasi, Tongan rugby union player

Surname

  • Kaisa Leka (born 1978), Finnish comic artist and politician from Porvoo

See also

References

  1. ^ McGeer, Eric; Nesbitt, John (2019). Byzantium in the Time of Troubles: The Continuation of the Chronicle of John Skylitzes (1057-1079)
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