Luke

Where Luke comes from

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.
— Wiktionary's entry for Luke
  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Luke through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #252 among boys, with 43 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1966
    Luke Perry born
    American actor
  3. 1995
    Luke Shaw born
    English association football player
  4. 2014
    Peak, #28
    10,523 babies named Luke, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Luke Shaw · English association football player, born 1995
  • Luke Perry · American actor, 1966–2019
  • Luke Evans · Welsh actor and singer, born 1979
  • Luke Wilson · American actor, born 1971
  • Luke Benward · American actor, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.