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

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{{Reflist Albanian masculine given names Masculine given names Albanian-language surnames

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