Luke (given name)

Luke () is a masculine given name and, less commonly, a surname.

The name Luke is the English form and the diminutive of the Latin name . The exact etymology of the name is contested. According to Oxford's A Dictionary of First Names, the name comes from Greek (Loukas) and means "man from Lucania". The Roman poet Virgil also argued that Latin lucas/luca came from Lucanus, literally meaning "resident of Lucania", which modern etymology agrees with. It could also be derived from the Latin name Lucius and mean "the bright one" or "the one born at dawn."Mills, Mercer Dictionary of the Bible (1990), p. 247-248. Another proposed etymology is derivation from Etruscan Lauchum (or Lauchme) meaning "king," which was more directly transferred into Latin as .Bonfante G., Bonfante L. (1983). Etruscan language: an introduction. NY, 1983. P. 59

The best-known historical use of the name is in the Gospel of Luke, written around 80 to 90 AD. Luke the Evangelist, who is credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke, was a physician who lived around 30 to 130 AD. Luke is also credited with the Book of Acts in the Bible and is mentioned by the Apostle Paul in some of Paul's letters to first-century churches.

People

Mononym Luke the Evangelist (died 84), one of the Four Evangelists Uncle Luke (born 1960), American rapper, promoter, and record executive

A Luke Abbott, English electronic musician Luke Ablett (born 1982), Australian rules footballer Luke Abraham (born 1983), English rugby union footballer Luke Adam (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player Luke Adams (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Adamson (born 1987), English rugby league footballer Luke Aikins (born 1973), American skydiver Luke Akehurst (born 1972), British politician Luke Alker (born 2006), English footballer Luke Allen (1978–2022), American baseball player Luke Allen-Gale (born 1984), British actor Luke Altmyer (born 2002), American football player Luke Ambler (born 1989), Irish rugby league footballer Luke Amos (born 1997), English footballer Luke Andrews (born 1976), New Zealand rugby union footballer Luke Anguhadluq (1895–1982), Canadian artist Luke Anowtalik (1932–2006), Native Canadian artist Luke Anthony (born 1976), Australian actor Luke Appling (1907–1991), American baseball player Luke Archer (1899–1988), American baseball player Luke Armstrong (born 1996), English footballer Luke Arnold (born 1984), Australian actor Luke Arscott (born 1984), English rugby union footballer Luke Ashworth (born 1989), English footballer Luke Askew (1932–2012), American actor Luke Ayling (born 1991), English footballer

B Luke Babbitt (born 1989), American basketball player Luke Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Bain (born 2000), Scottish rugby league footballer Luke Baines (born 1990), English-Australian actor Luke Bakhuizen (born 1993), Australian photographer Luke Baldauf (born 1969), Virgin Island windsurfer Luke Ball (born 1984), Australian rules footballer Luke Baldwin (rugby union) (born 1990), English rugby union footballer Luke Baldwin (racing driver) (born 2006), American stock car racing driver Luke Bambridge (born 1995), British tennis player Luke Bard (born 1990), American baseball player Luke Barker (born 1992), American baseball player Luke Barker (American football) (born 1991), American football coach Luke Barnatt (born 1988), English mixed martial artist Luke Basso (born 2003), American football player Luke Bateman (born 1995), Australian rugby league footballer Luke Bateman (trade unionist) (1873–?), British trade unionist Luke Bates (1873–1943), British trade unionist Luke Bayer (born 1992), English actor Luke Beauchamp (born 1992), Australian rugby union footballer Luke Beaufort (born 2001), South African cricketer Luke Becker (born 1999), American racing driver Luke Beckett (born 1976), English footballer Luke Bedford (born 1978), British composer Luke Francis Beirne (born 1995), Irish-Canadian writer Luke Bell (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Belton (1918–2006), Irish politician Luke Benstead (born 1989), Jerseyian football manager Luke Benward (born 1995), American actor Luke Berry (born 1992), English footballer Luke Beveridge (born 1970), Australian rules footballer Luke Bezzina (born 1995), Maltese sprinter Luke Biasi (born 1999), American soccer player Luke Bilyk (born 1994), Canadian actor Luke Bird (born 1986), New Zealand singer Luke Black (born 1992), Serbian singer-songwriter Luke Blackaby (born 1991), English cricketer Luke P. Blackburn (1816–1887), American physician and politician Luke Blackwell (born 1986), Australian rules footballer Luke Blake, English rugby league footballer Luke Blakely (born 1988), English-Antiguan footballer Luke Boden (born 1988), English footballer Luke Bodensteiner (born 1970), American skier Luke Bodnar (born 2000), Australian footballer Luke Bolton (born 1999), English footballer Luke Bond (born 1980), British organist Luke Bonner (born 1985), American basketball player Luke Booker (1762–1835), English clergyman Luke Booth, British product designer Luke Bourgeois (born 1977), Australian tennis player Luke Bowanko (born 1991), American football player Luke Bowen (born 1986), British race car driver Luke Kibet Bowen (born 1983), Kenyan runner Luke Boyd (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Bracey (born 1989), Australian actor Luke Braid (born 1988), New Zealand rugby union footballer Luke Branighan (born 1981), Australian rugby league footballer Luke Brattan (born 1990), Australian football player Luke Brennan (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Bretherton, British theologian Luke Breust (born 1990), Australian rules footballer Luke Briscoe (born 1994), English rugby league footballer Luke Broadwater, American journalist Luke Bronin (born 1979), American politician Luke Brooke-Smith (born 2008), New Zealand footballer Luke Brooks (born 1994), Australian rugby league footballer Luke Brooks (American soldier) (1731–1817), American soldier Luke Brookshier (born 1971), American television writer Luke Brown (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Browning (born 2002), British racing driver Luke Brubacher (born 2000), Canadian football player Luke Brugnara (born 1963), American real estate investor Luke Bryan (born 1976), American country singer Luke Burbank (born 1976), American radio host Luke Burgess (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Burke (born 1998), English footballer Luke F. Burns (1881–1956), American politician Luke Burrage (born 1980), British juggler Luke Burt (born 1981), Australian rugby league coach Luke Burton (born 1994), Australian rugby union footballer Luke Burton-Krahn (born 1997), Canadian football player Luke Busby (born 1981), English singer-songwriter Luke Butkus (born 1979), American football coach Luke Butterworth (born 1983), Australian cricketer

C Luke Cain (born 1980), Australian shooter Luke Caldwell (born 1991), Scottish runner Luke Callan, Australian rugby union footballer Luke Campbell (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Cann (born 1994), Australian javelin thrower Luke Capewell (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer Luke Carlin (born 1980), Canadian-American baseball player Luke Carroll (born 1982), Australian actor Luke Carter (born 1960), New Zealand sailor Luke Carty (born 1997), Irish rugby union footballer Luke Casserly (born 1973), Australian footballer Luke Caudillo (born 1980), American mixed martial artist Luke Chadwick (born 1980), English footballer Luke Challoner (1550–1613), Irish academic Luke Chambers (born 1985), English footballer Luke Chambers (footballer, born 2004), English footballer Luke Chan (1896–1983), Chinese-Canadian actor Luke Chapman (born 1991), English footballer Luke Charlesworth (born 1992), New Zealand badminton player Luke Charman (born 1997), English footballer Luke Charteris (born 1983), Welsh rugby union footballer Luke Charters (born 1995), British politician Luke Ching (born 1972), Hong Kong labor activist Luke Chrysoberges (died 1169), Patriarch of Constantinople Luke Chueh (born 1973), Chinese-American painter Luke Cissell, American musician Luke Clanton (born 2003), American golfer Luke Clark (born 1994), English footballer Luke Clausen (born 1978), American fisherman Luke Clennell (1781–1840), British painter Luke Clippinger (born 1972), American politician and lawyer Luke Clough (1878–1956), Australian politician Luke Cole (1962–2009), American lawyer Luke Cole (rugby union) (born 1993), English rugby union footballer Luke Collis (born 1988), American football player Luke Combs (born 1990), American singer-songwriter Luke Conlan (born 1994), Northern Irish footballer Luke Connolly (born 1992), Irish-Gaelic footballer Luke Cook (born 1986), Australian actor Luke Cooper (born 1994), English rugby league footballer Luke Corbett (born 1984), English footballer Luke Cornish (born 1979), Australian artist Luke Cornwall (born 1980), English footballer Luke Coulson (born 1994), English footballer Luke Coutinho, Indian entrepreneur, author and lifestyle guru Luke Covell (born 1981), New Zealand rugby league footballer Luke Cowan-Dickie (born 1993), English rugby union footballer Luke F. Cozans (1836–1903), American politician Luke Crane (born 1985), Australian rules footballer Luke Cresswell (born 1963), English percussionist Luke Croll (born 1995), English footballer Luke Crosbie (born 1997), Scottish rugby union footballer Luke Cudmore (born 1984), Canadian rugby union footballer Luke Cummo (born 1980), American mixed martial artist Luke Cundle (born 2002), English footballer Luke Cuni (1911–1980), Albanian-Australian teacher Luke Currie (born 1981), Australian jockey Luke Curtin (born 1977), American ice hockey player Luke Cutts (born 1988), British pole vaulter

D Luke Dahlhaus (born 1992), Australian rules footballer Luke Daly-Groves, English historian Luke Daniels (born 1988), English footballer Luke Darcy (born 1975), Australian rules footballer Luke Davenport (born 1993), British racing driver Luke Davids, South African sprinter Luke Davies (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Davies-Uniacke (born 1999), Australian rules footballer Luke Davison (born 1990), Australian cyclist Luke Dawai (died 1970), Fijian chief and rugby union international footballer Luke Dawson, American screenwriter Luke Dean (disambiguation), multiple people Luke de Beaulieu (died 1723), English cleric Luke Delaney (born 1989), Australian rules footballer Luke Delaney (astronaut) (born 1979), American astronaut Luke Del Rio (born 1994), American football player and coach Luke Demetre (born 1990), Canadian bobsledder Luke Dempsey (born 1979/1980), Irish Gaelic football manager Luke Dennison (born 1996), American soccer player Luke de Pulford (born 1984), English activist Luke de Tany (died 1282), English noble Luke DeVere (born 1989), Australian footballer Luke Digby (born 2001), British figure skater Luke Dillon (disambiguation), multiple people Luke Dimech (born 1977), Maltese footballer Luke Di Somma, New Zealand lyricist Luke Dobie (born 1992), English footballer Luke Doerner (born 1979), Australian field hockey player Luke Doherty (born 1982), Australian rugby union footballer Luke Dollman, Australian conductor Luke Donald (born 1977), English professional golfer Luke Donald (footballer) (born 1971), Australian rules footballer Luke Donaldson (born 2000), New Zealand rugby union footballer Luke Doneathy (born 2001), English cricketer Luke Donnellan (born 1966), Australian politician Luke Donnelly (born 1996), Scottish footballer Luke Doolan (born 1979), Australian film editor Luke Doran (born 1991), Australian cricketer Luke Dorman, American graphic designer Luke Dorn (born 1982), Australian rugby league footballer