Luke (given name)

Luke
Gender:	male
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".

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
• Steve "Luke" Lukather, an American guitarist
• Timothy Luke
• Luther "Luke" Campbell, an American record producer and rapper
• Luke Wilson, an American actor
• Luke Mably, English actor

Among characters in fiction:

• 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 hero of the original Star Wars fillms.

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:

• Luke Air Force Base, a large U.S. Airforce base in Arizona
• Luke (Danish band), a Danish electronica ensemble
• Luke Records, a record label

Popularity Of Name Luke in U.S.	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987
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