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Luke en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /luk/ (General-American)
• /ljuːk/ (Early, Modern)
• /lɪu̯k/ (Wales)
• /lʉk/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
• /luːk/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

Meanings

1. A male given name.
   • "Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter. 2005, Dallas Hudgens, Drive Like Hell, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 94:
   • The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. 2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2025:
2. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
   • Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
3. The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
4. An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
5. An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
6. A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
7. A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
8. A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9. A village in Tartu, Estonia.
10. A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
11. A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
12. A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.

Forms

Deriveds

Lukan · Luxford · Luke-Acts

Relateds

Luckett · Lockett · Locke · McLuckie · Lukes · Lucas (given name) · Lock · Matthew · Lukeman · Luck · Luca (given name) · Lugg · Lucas · Luckes · Lucks · John · McLugash · Luka (given name) · Lockie · Mark · McLucas · Luckman · Loukes · Lockey · Lockitt · Look · Locket

Synonyms

Luk.

Translations (237)

co Lucca (evangelist) · lt Lukas (given name) · ro Luca (evangelist) · li Lucas (gospel of Luke) · aii ܠܘܼܩܵܐ (given name) · mk Лу́ка (given name) · xag 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚𐔼 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (gospel of Luke) · si ධර්මදූත ලූක් තුමා (evangelist) · arc ܠܘܩܐ (given name) · tl Lucas (gospel of Luke) · ru Люк (given name) · xcl Ղուկաս (evangelist) · hi लूका (evangelist) · io Lukas (given name) · la Lūcās (evangelist) · it Luca (gospel of Luke) · fr Luc (evangelist) · es Lucas (evangelist) · haw Luka (evangelist) · ja ルーク (given name) · gur Luka (gospel of Luke) · zea Lucas (evangelist) · ms Lukas (evangelist) · da Lukas (evangelist) · ml ലൂക്കാ (given name) · cy Luc (evangelist) · ro Luca (given name) · ca Lluc (given name) · de Lukas (given name) · br Lukaz (evangelist) · cy Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Luc (gospel of Luke) · rsk Лука (given name) · af Lukas (given name) · lv Lūka (evangelist) · sl Luka (given name) · ko 루카 (evangelist) · cmn 路加福音 (gospel of Luke) · af Lukas (evangelist) · ang Lūcas (evangelist) · pl Łukasz (evangelist) · es Lucas (gospel of Luke) · arc לוקא (given name) · sl Luka (evangelist) · aii ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܠܘܼܩܵܐ (gospel of Luke) · hak 路加福音 (gospel of Luke) · et Luukas (evangelist) · uk Лука́ (given name) · ka ლუკა (evangelist) · ga Lúcás (given name) · lv Lūka (given name) · et Luukas (given name) · ga Soiscéal Lúcáis (gospel of Luke) · it Luca (given name) · sh Луке (villages in Bosnia and Serbia) · el Λουκάς (evangelist) · sq Lukë (evangelist) · de Lukas (evangelist) · ru Лука́ (evangelist) · sv Lukas (evangelist) · ca Lluc (evangelist) · io Lukas (evangelist) · sco Luke (evangelist) · sco Luke (gospel of Luke) · cy Luc (given name) · cdo 路加 (given name) · hu Lukács (gospel of Luke) · ti ሉቃስ (given name) · ga Lúcás (gospel of Luke) · ga Lúcás (evangelist) · sk Lukáš (gospel of Luke) · eo Luko (given name) · ceb Lucas (given name) · kk Лұқа (gospel of Luke) · is Lúkas (given name) · la Lucas (gospel of Luke) · nan-hbl 路加福音 (gospel of Luke) · br Lukaz (given name) · hu Lukács (evangelist) · fa لوکاس (given name) · chr ᎷᎦ (evangelist) · fi Luukkaan evankeliumi (gospel of Luke) · no Lukas (given name) · cs Lukáš (gospel of Luke) · lv Lūkas (evangelist) · mi Ruka (given name) · hy Ավետարան ըստ Ղուկասի (gospel of Luke) · sk Lukáš (evangelist) · haw Luka (gospel of Luke) · mt Luqa (given name) · vi Luca (evangelist) · af Lukas (gospel of Luke) · grc Λουκᾶς (evangelist) · eu Lukas (evangelist) · pl Ewangelia Łukasza (gospel of Luke) · ro Luca (gospel of Luke) · cy Luc (gospel of Luke) · gd Lùcas (given name) · pt Lucas (given name) · lv Lūka (gospel of Luke) · li Lucas (given name) · sv Lukasevangeliet (gospel of Luke) · cmn 盧克 /卢克 (given name) · tl Lucas (given name) · el Λουκάς (given name) · pon Luk (gospel of Luke) · cs Lukáš (evangelist) · fi Luukas (given name) · vi Lu-ca (gospel of Luke) · da Lukasevangeliet (gospel of Luke) · gmw-cfr Lukas (given name) · arc כרוזותא דלוקא (gospel of Luke) · gur Aluki (gospel of Luke) · mk Лу́ка (evangelist) · ckb لۆقا (gospel of Luke) · lv Lūkas (given name) · xag 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚 (given name) · sw Luka (evangelist) · bar Lukas (given name) · arc לוקא (evangelist) · ti ሉቃስ (evangelist) · mi Ruka (gospel of Luke) · cdo 路加 (evangelist) · gsw Lukas (given name) · cdo 路加福音 (gospel of Luke) · gur Luki (gospel of Luke) · fy Lukas (evangelist) · fr Luc (given name) · br Lukaz (gospel of Luke) · ast Lluques (evangelist) · sq Lluka (village in North Macedonia) · uk Лука́ш (given name) · sh Luke (villages in Bosnia and Serbia) · is Lúkas (gospel of Luke) · el κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιον (gospel of Luke) · war Lucas (gospel of Luke) · stq Lukas (given name) · tr Luka (evangelist) · lmo Lüga (given name) · sk Lukáš (given name) · id Lukas (gospel of Luke) · vi Luca (gospel of Luke) · ast Lluques (gospel of Luke) · pl Łukasz (given name) · hy Ղուկաս (evangelist) · war Lucas (evangelist) · pl Łuke (village in North Macedonia) · lt Lukas (evangelist) · sh Лука (given name) · aii ܠܘܼܩܵܐ (evangelist) · sl Luka (gospel of Luke) · is Lúkas (evangelist) · fr Louké (village in North Macedonia) · kk Лұқа (evangelist) · gl Lucas (given name) · la Lucas (given name) · sco Luke (given name) · ka ლუკას სახარება (gospel of Luke) · li Lucas (evangelist) · ceb Lucas (evangelist) · ru Лука́ (given name) · ast Lluques (given name) · nl Lukas (given name) · xag 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚 (evangelist) · eu Lukas (given name) · sw Luka (gospel of Luke) · rmq Lucas (evangelist) · pon Luk (evangelist) · fy Lukas (given name) · ja ルーク (evangelist) · id Lukas (evangelist) · co Lucca (gospel of Luke) · war Lucas (given name) · oc Luc (given name) · hu Lukács (given name) · ml ലൂക്കോസ് (given name) · tl Lucas (evangelist) · fa لوقا (evangelist) · th ลูกา (evangelist) · et Luuka (gospel of Luke) · rsk Лука (evangelist) · cmn 路加 (evangelist) · hy Ղուկաս (given name) · co Lucca (given name) · ka ლუკა (given name) · hi लूका (gospel of Luke) · xcl Ղուկաս (given name) · haw Luka (given name) · nl Lucas (evangelist) · no Lukas (evangelist) · cs Lukáš (given name) · gd Soisgeul Lùcais (gospel of Luke) · ca Lluc (gospel of Luke) · arc ܠܘܩܐ (evangelist) · sh Luka (given name) · arc ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܐ (gospel of Luke) · fi Luukas (evangelist) · te లూకా (evangelist) · pdc Lukas (given name) · it Luca (evangelist) · got 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍃 (evangelist) · lt Evangelija pagal Luką (gospel of Luke) · gd Lùcas (evangelist) · my ရှင်လုကာခရစ်ဝင် (gospel of Luke) · lb Lukas (given name) · nds-de Lukas (given name) · wo Luug (given name) · wo Luug (evangelist) · pt Lucas (gospel of Luke) · el Λουκ (given name) · ko 루카 복음서 (gospel of Luke) · fa لوقا (gospel of Luke) · ja ルカ (evangelist) · ext Lucas (given name) · ar لُوقَا (evangelist) · yue 路加福音 (gospel of Luke) · da Lukas (given name) · ru Евангелие от Луки (gospel of Luke) · es Lucas (given name) · cop ⲗⲟⲩⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ (given name) · zea Lucas (given name) · ur لوقا (gospel of Luke) · ja ルカによる福音書 (gospel of Luke) · eu Lukas (gospel of Luke) · vi Lu-ca (evangelist) · pt Lucas (evangelist) · id Lukas (given name) · rup Luca (given name) · ms Lukas (gospel of Luke) · io Lukas (gospel of Luke) · ceb Lucas (gospel of Luke) · mk Луке (village in North Macedonia) · sv Lukas (given name) · th ลูกา (gospel of Luke) · sw Luka (given name) · sq Lukë (given name) · zea Lucas (gospel of Luke) · fy Lukas (gospel of Luke)

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