title: Luiken
text: # Luiken
  
  Luiken is a Dutch patronymic surname based on the archaic spelling Luik of the given name Luuk, a short form of Lucas, or on the equally archai name Lui (from Ludo or Ludolph). Among variants are Luijken, Luikens and Luyken. People with this surname include:
  
  * Jan Luyken (1649–1712), Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver
  * Johannes Gerardus Luyken [fr] (1742–1818), Dutch politician for the Batavian Republic
  * Leda Luss Luyken (born 1952), Greek-American conceptual artist
  * Nicole Luiken (born 1971), Canadian science fiction author
  * Otto Luyken (1884–1953), German gardener
  * Stefanie Luiken (born 1985), Dutch backstroke swimmer
  