Luke
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| Pronunciation | ljuːk
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| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | Light, Luminous |
| Origin | Greek |
| Related names | Latin |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Luke |
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Luke (pronounced /ˈljuːk/) 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 is derived from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania, through the Greek "Loukas", meaning "a native of Lucania".[1][2] It is the 43rd most common name in the USA,[3] and the 2105th most common surname, with 15000 people with the surname Luke (0.006%).[4]
Luke can refer to:
Among people:
- Saint 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
- Timothy Luke
- Commonly used alias for rapper Luther Campbell
- Nickname for Toto guitarist Steve Lukather
Among characters in fiction:
- Cool Hand Luke, a character played by Paul Newman in the 1967 film of the same name, based upon a novel by Donn Pearce
- 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
- Red Hand Luke, a born-again Christian and violent loyalist psychopath in Give My Head Peace
- Luke, an antagonist and son of Hermes from the Percy Jackson and the Olympians.
- Luke Skywalker, the protagonist of the original Star Wars trilogy.
- Luke,a character on the show Monster Warriors.
- Luke Snyder, a character on the soap opera As the World Turns
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
In entertainment:
- Luke, Steve Lukather's third solo album, released in 1997.
- Luke Atmey - The Ace detective from the Pheonix Wright Series.
Luke can also refer to:
- Luke Air Force Base, a large U.S. Airforce base in Arizona
- Luke (Danish band), a Danish electronica ensemble
- Luke (French band), a French rock band
- Luke Records, a record label
Popularity Of Name Luke in U.S.[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ Definitions of Luke. Dictionary.com.
- ^ Luke. Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ a b Popular Baby Names (U.S. Social Security Administration)
- ^ Name statistics: Luke. namestatistics.com. Retrieved on 31 October, 2007.
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