Luke

Luke \lu-ke, luk-e\ is a boy's name. It consists of 4 letters and 1 syllable.

The baby boy name Luke is also used as a name girl name meaning, but it is a lot more common for boys. Its pronunciation is in English as LUWK ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Luke: L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"

What is the origin of Luke?

Luke is used predominantly in the Latin and English languages, and its origin is Latin and Old Greek. Old Greek origin, English and Latin use: Biblical name derived from the element 'leucos' which means bright, white. The first name is from the short form of Lucas (Latin), a Latinate of Loukas (Old Greek); the latter means 'man from Lucania' in reference to an ancient district of southern Italy. The first name was borne in the Bible by Luke the Evangelist, companion of Paul and author of the third gospel in the New Testament. The name was introduced by the Normans into England in the 12th century. Luke is a variant (Latin) of the name Lucius name variations (English, German, and French). The name Luke is used to a great extent; it has 36 variants that are used in both English and other languages.

used in English consist of nicknames for Lucan, meaning of Lucas (also used in Dutch, French, Portuguese, and Spanish), Lucc pronounciation, meaning of Lucian, Lucien meaning and origin (also used in French), Lucius name (also used in French and German), baby name Luck, Luk name variations, meaning of Luka (also used in Italian and Russian), Lukas name (also used in Czech, German, Greek, Irish, and Scandinavian), name Luken, Lukes definition, Lukie name, and Lukus meaning and origin. The diminutive form what does the name Lucky mean is another English variant. Foreign variants of Luke consist of baby name Lluc (Catalan), meaning of Lluch (Catalan), Loek name variations (Dutch), Loukas meaning and origin (Greek), name Luc origin (French), short names for Luca (Italian), name Luce origin (French), Luchok definition (Russian), Lucio meaning (Portuguese and Spanish), Lukacs definition (Hungarian), Lukash name popularity (Russian), baby name Lukasha (Russian), Lukass meaning and origin (Latvian), nicknames for Lukasz (Polish), Lukács pronounciation (Hungarian), nicknames for Lukás (Czech), nicknames for Lukyan (Russian), name Lusio meaning (Zuni), Luuk pronounciation (Dutch), what does the name Lùcas mean (Scottish), and Lúcás name popularity (Irish). See also the related form, short names for Lucano (Italian). Luke is very popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1940s. Its usage peaked modestly in 2005 with 0.471% of baby boys being given the name Luke. It ranked at #41 then. In 2010, its usage was 0.431% and its ranking #41, and it was the 2nd most popular after name Lucas, among all boy names in its group. In 2010, it was used 17% more than Luke. Luke has mostly been a baby boy name in the past century.

List of baby names that sound like Luke:

name Luuk meaning (Dutch), Lach meaning and origin, Lache name, short names for Laek, meaning of Laik, Laike pronounciation, baby name Lake, Lash meaning of name (English and Gypsy), Lask meaning and origin, name Laske origin, name Laskee, name Lasse origin (Finnish and Scandinavian), short names for Lauge (Scandinavian), what does the name Layk mean, name Lays meaning, nicknames for Laz, name Lec meaning, nicknames for Lech (Polish), Leche name popularity, and Ledge meaning.

The baby name Luke fun facts:

The name Luke in reverse order is "Ekul".

The numerological value of the name Luke is number 4, which means a foundation, order, service, struggle against limits, steady growth.

How popular is Luke?

Luke is in the top names in USA.