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
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #252 among boys — 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 — more than any year before or since.
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.