Luke.
A male given name.
Meaning & usage
A male given name.
Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A village in Tartu, Estonia.
A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.
Where this word comes from
From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.
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