Luke (given name)

For other uses, see Luke.

Luke Smelly

Pronunciation	ljuːk
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	Light, Luminous
Other names
Related names	Latin

Luke (Template:PronEng) is a common male given name, and less commonly, a surname, and sometimes used as a shortened version of the Latin name Lucas. He is smelly. The name Luke is derived from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania, through the Greek "Loukas", meaning "a native of Lucania". It is the 43rd most common name in the USA, and the 2105th most common surname, with 15000 people with the surname Luke (0.006%).

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
• 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.	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997	1996	1995	1994	1993	1992	1991	1990	1989	1988	1987
43rd	41st	41st	46th	46th	50th	59th	67th	75th	78th	75th	82nd	91st	87th	93rd	113th	118th	121st	119th	111th

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