Luke

Greek
"man from Lucania"

Luke Origin and Meaning

The name Luke is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "man from Lucania".

Luke is a cool-yet-strong Biblical name with a relaxed cowboy feel, which has been on the rise since the advent of Luke Skywalker.

Today, the Luke constellation of names is more popular than ever, with the ascendance of Top 10 Lucas and international star Luca. Luke ranks third in the group, but still stands in the US Top 50 and the Top 100 throughout the English-speaking world.

Luke originated as a short form of Lucas, a Latin derivation of the Greek name Loukas. The most famous bearer of the name is the first-century Greek physician—an evangelist and friend of Saint Paul, as well as the author of the third Gospel of the New Testament—who was also supposed to have been a portrait painter. He thus became the patron saint of doctors and artists.

Later Lukes have included Luke Duke of The Dukes of Hazzard, Cool Hand Luke, half of the classic soap opera duo of Luke and Laura, contemporary actors Luke Wilson and Luke Perry, and a number of star athletes.

While Luke, Lucas, Luca, and the French Luc all have the same root and meaning, Lucius and Lucian have a different origin and meaning -- the more evocative "light".

# 31 in the US

Luke Rank in US Top 1000

# 114 on Nameberry

Luke Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Luke Popularity

Famous People Named Luke

  • Coy Luther "Luke" Perry
    American actor
  • Saint Luke
    1st century Greek physician and evangelist, author of the Biblical books of Luke and Acts
  • Luke Cunningham Wilson
    American actor
  • Luke Aaron Benward
    American actor
  • Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan
    American country singer
  • Luke Hemsworth
    Australian actor, brother to Chris & Liam Hemsworth
  • Luke Armstrong
    son of athlete Lance Armstrong
  • Luke Anthony Mark Brooks
    Australian singer and comedian of the Janoskians troupe; twin brother Jaidon Domenic Matthew "Jai" Brooks
  • Luke Gallows
    ring name of Andrew "Drew" Hankinson, American pro wrestler
  • Luke Harper
    ring name of Jon Huber, American pro wrestler
  • Luke Robert Hemmings
    vocalist and guitarist of Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer
  • Luke Kleintank
    American actor
  • Luke Korns
    Youtube personality
  • Luke August Keuchly
    American NFL football player
  • Luke Robert Ravenstahl
    American politician
  • Lukas David "Luke" Cutforth
    British vlogger
  • Luke Theodore Walton
    American basketball player and coach
  • Luke Asher Watson
    South African rugby union player
  • Luke Campbell Donald
    English golfer
  • Lucas Daniel "Luke" Edwards
    American actor
  • Luke Barry
    Irish singer of duo The Luke & Duane Show
  • Luke Evans
    Welsh actor and singer
  • Luke Ford
    Canadian,Australian actor
  • Luke Temple
    American lead singer of group Here We Go Magic
  • Luca Giuseppe "Luke" Pasqualino
    British actor
  • Luke Kelly
    Irish singer of The Dubliners
  • Luke Damon Goss
    English actor
  • Luke Anthony "Jocko" Johnson
    English drummer of Lostprophets and Amen
  • Steven Lee "Luke" Lukather
    American guitarist of band Toto
  • Luke Mitchell
    Australian actor and model
  • Luke Norris
    British actor and writer
  • Luke Hudson Gavigan (b. 2007)
    son of Jessica Capshaw and Christopher Gavigan
  • Luke Rhodes (b. 2008)
    son of American journalist Natalie Morales,Rhodes
  • Luke Sampson Busey (b. 2010)
    son of American actor Gary Busey
  • Luke Shilling (b. 2016)
    son of American soccer player Amy Rodriguez
  • Luke Yeo (b. 2017)
    son of Jamie Yeo
  • Eric "Luke" Trump (b. 2017)
    son of Eric and Lara Trump
  • Luke Richard Bagshawe (b. 2018)
    son of Eddie and Hannah Redmayne
  • Luke Smallbone
    Australian,american Christian singer and songwriter

Luke in Pop Culture

  • Luke Skywalker
    main character from the "Star Wars" series
  • "Cool Hand Luke" aka Luke Jackson
    character in the 1967 film of the same name
  • Luke Atmey
    character in video game "Ace Attorney"
  • Luke Crain
    character in "The Haunting of Hill House"
  • Luke Sunborn
    main character in Sarah Rees Brennan's "In Other Lands"
  • Luke Wright
    main character in the 2012 action film "Safe"
  • Luke Ward
    character on TV's "The O.C."
  • Luke Castellan
    character in the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series
  • Luke Duke
    character on TV's "The Dukes of Hazard"
  • Luke Ross
    character on TV's "Jessie"
  • Luke Matheson
    character on TV's "Ravenswood"
  • Lucas "Luke" Danes
    character on TV's "Gilmore Girls"
  • Luke Spencer
    character on American soap "General Hospital"
  • Lucas "Luke" Dunphy
    character on TV's "Modern Family"
  • Luke Brower
    character on TV's "Growing Pains"
  • Luke Ramsey
    character on TV's "American Horror Story: Coven"
  • Luke O'Neil
    character on TV's "Everything Sucks!"
  • Luke Mosby
    son of Ted on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
  • Luke Chisholm
    character from movie "Seven Days in Utopia"
  • Luciano "Luke" Snyder
    character on American soap "As The World Turns"
  • Lucian "Luke" Graymark (Garroway)
    character in Cassandra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments" series
  • Luke
    Character in "The Walking Dead Game"
  • Luke Cage aka Power Man
    character in Marvel Comics and TV's "Jessica Jones"
  • "Lucky Luke
    " Belgian comic book series and its main character
  • Luke
    character on TV's "The Tribe"
  • Luke Baker
    character on TV's "Degrassi"
  • Luke fon Fabre
    the main character of the video game "Tales of the Abyss"
  • Luke Smith
    character on British TV series "The Sarah Jane Adventures"
  • Luke the Warrior
    mouse character in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
  • Luke Triton
    character in the Professor Layton video games
  • Luke Cooper
    character from TV's "The Office"
  • Luke
    character from book and movie "The Ritual"
  • Luke
    a narrow gauge tank engine from the animated series “Thomas and Friends”