Luke (given name)
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| Pronunciation | luːk |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | "native of Lucania" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Lucas, Luc, Lucius |
Luke (Template:Pron-en) is a common male given name, and less commonly, a surname, and sometimes used as a shortened version of the Latin name Lucas.
The name Luke derives from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania, through the ancient Greek name "Loukas", meaning "a native of Lucania".[1][2] Luke, Lucas, Lucania and the ancient Lucani people would then share the same Indo-European root. Luke, in Greek λυκος (Lukos) means "wolf", or from the Greek Greek word Leucos meaning "bright".
Luke is the 21st most popular name for new babies in the United Kingdom,[3] the 43rd most popular name for new babies in the United States,[4] and the 2,105th most common surname in the US, with 15,000 people (0.006%) sharing the surname.[5]
Famous people known as Luke include:
- Coolhand Luke, Paul Newman , character
- Luke the Evangelist, companion of Paul of Tarsus
- Vietnamese Martyrs, Luke Loan Ba Vu and Luke Thin Viet Pham
- Luke Ford (actor) (born 1981), Australian actor
- Luke Gardiner, Irish landowner and politician
- Luke Goss (born 1968), singer and actor
- Luke Kelly (1940–1984), folk singer
- Luke Johnson (musician), drummer for lostprophets
- Luke Ravenstahl (born 1980), mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Luke Skywalker, Star Wars character
- Luke Tan, singer and songwriter
- Luke Watson, rugby player
- Luke Wilson (born 1971), actor
- Luke Young (footballer) (born 1979), English footballer
- Luther Campbell (born 1960), also known as Luke
- Steve Lukather (born 1957), also known as Luke
- Lucky Luke, a comic book character who is a cowboy
| 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 1998 |
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| 25th | 21st | 17th | 13th | 15th | 14th | 13th |
| 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 |
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| 43rd | 41st | 41st | 46th | 46th | 50th | 59th | 67th | 75th | 78th | 75th | 82nd | 91st | 87th | 93rd | 113th | 118th | 121st | 119th | 111th |
Variants in other languages
- Afrikaans: Lukas
- Armenian: Ghukas (Ղուկաս)
- Albanian: Luka
- Breton: Lukaz
- Catalan: Lluc
- Chinese: Lu‘ke (卢克）
- Croatian: Luka
- Czech: Lukáš
- Danish: Lukas
- Dutch: Lucas
- Esperanto: Luko
- Finnish: Luukas
- French: Luc
- German: Lukas
- Greek: Λουκάς (Loukas)
- Hakka: Lu-kâ
- Hebrew: לוקה
- Hungarian: Lukács
- Icelandic: Lúkas
- Irish: Lúcás
- Italian: Luca
- Latin: Lucius; Lucas
- Maltese: Luqa
- Norwegian: Lukas
- Persian: لوکا
- Polish: Łukasz (diminutivo: Łukaszek)
- Portuguese: Lucas
- Romanian: Luca
- Russian: Лука (Luka)
- Serbian: Лука (Luka)
- Slovak: Lukáš
- Slovene: Luka
- Spanish: Lucas
- Swedish: Lukas
- Thai: ลูคา
- Turkish: Ulasz
- Welsh: Lŵc
References
- ^ "Definitions of Luke". Dictionary.com.
- ^ "Luke". Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ a b Top 100 names for baby boys in England and Wales
- ^ a b Popular Baby Names (U.S. Social Security Administration)
- ^ "Name statistics: Luke". namestatistics.com. Retrieved 31 October 2007. [dead link]
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