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* [[Luke Skywalker]], the protagonist of the ''Star Wars'' film trilogy |
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* [[Luke Duke]], a character on ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' television show |
* [[Luke Duke]], a character on ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' television show |
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* ''[[Lucky Luke]]'', a Belgian comic book series set in the American Old West |
* ''[[Lucky Luke]]'', a Belgian comic book series set in the American Old West |
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Luke | |
Gender: | unknown |
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Origin: | Italian |
Meaning: | "Light" |
Luke is a common male given name, sometimes a shortened version of the Latin name Lucas. The name Luke is derived from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania, through the Greek "Loukas", meaning "a native of Lucania".[1][2].
Luke can refer to:
Among people:
- Luke the Evangelist, a travel companion and disciple of Paul of Tarsus
- Gospel of Luke, a book in the New Testament traditionally held to be authored by Luke the Evangelist
- Saints Luke Loan Ba Vu and Luke Thin Viet Pham, of the Vietnamese Martyrs
- Luke Wilson, an American actor
- Luke Perry, an American actor
- Luke Walton, a professional basketball player
- Brian Wickens (known as Luke Williams), a professional wrestler
- Luke Cummo, a mixed martial arts fighter in The Ultimate Fighter
- Luke Edward Wright (1846-1922), an American politician
- Steve "Luke" Lukather, an American guitarist
- Luther Campbell, also known as Luke Skyywalker, a rap performer and former member of 2 Live Crew
- Timothy Luke
Among characters in fiction:
- Luke Duke, a character on The Dukes of Hazzard television show
- Lucky Luke, a Belgian comic book series set in the American Old West
- Luke the Warrior, the father of Martin the Warrior in the Redwall book series
- Luke Danes, a character on Gilmore Girls
- Luke Perry, the narrator of the Sword of the Spirits trilogy of novels
- Red Hand Luke, a born-again Christian and violent loyalist psychopath in Give My Head Peace
- Luke Garner, the protaganist in few books in the Shadow Children sequence
- Luke fon Fabre, the protagonist of the rpg video game Tales of the Abyss
- Luke, an antagonist and son of Hermes from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
In geography:
- Luke, Maryland, a village in western Maryland
- Luke, Kriva Palanka, a village in the Kriva Palanka municipality of Macedonia
- Luke, Estonia, a village in Estonia
Luke can also refer to:
- Cool Hand Luke, a film starring Paul Newman
- Luke Air Force Base, a large U.S. Airforce base in Arizona
- Luke (Danish band), a Danish electronica ensemble
- Luke Records, a record label
- Lucas Oil Stadium, the future stadium for the Indianapolis Colts
Popularity Of Name Luke in U.S. | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 |
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41st | 42nd | 47th | 47th | 51st | 59th | 68th | 76th | 78th | 76th | 81st | 94th | 90th | 96th | 119th |
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