Luke

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Luke Given Name
Pronunciation	ljuːk
Gender	Male
Meaning	"native of Lucania"
Origin	Greek
Related names	Lucas
Wikipedia articles	All pages beginning with Luke

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]

Famous people known as Luke include:

• Luke the Evangelist, companion Paul of Tarsus
• Vietnamese Martyrs, Luke Loan Ba Vu and Luke Thin Viet Pham
• Luther Campbell (born 1960), also known as Luke
• Steve Lukather (born 1957), also known as Luke
• Luke Skywalker fictional, Star Wars

Popularity Of Name Luke in U.S.[3] 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

[edit] References

1. ^ Definitions of Luke. Dictionary.com.
2. ^ Luke. Online Etymology Dictionary.
3. ^ ^{a b} Popular Baby Names (U.S. Social Security Administration)
4. ^ Name statistics: Luke. namestatistics.com. Retrieved on 31 October 2007.