Luke
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Luke is a common male given name, sometimes a shortened version of the name Lucas. The name Luke is derived from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania. Luke also derives from the name Loukas. The name Loukas derives from the word Lucanus, a district of ancient Italy. The name Luke means light and the female version of the name Luke, is Lucy, which also means light. [1][2].
Luke can refer to:
Among people:
- Luke the Evangelist, a travel companion and disciple of Paul of Tarsus
- Gospel of Luke, a book in the New Testament traditionally held to be authored by Luke the Evangelist
- Luke Wilson, an American actor
- Luke Perry, an American actor
- Luke Walton, a professional basketball player
- Brian Wickens (known as Luke Williams), a professional wrestler
- Luke Cummo, a mixed martial arts fighter in The Ultimate Fighter
- Luke Edward Wright (1846-1922), an American politician
- Steve "Luke" Lukather, an American guitarist
- Luther Campbell, also known as Luke Skyywalker, a rap performer and former member of 2 Live Crew
- Timothy Luke
Among characters in fiction:
- Luke Skywalker, the protagonist of the Star Wars film trilogy
- Luke Duke, a character on The Dukes of Hazzard television show
- Lucky Luke, a Belgian comic book series set in the American Old West
- Luke the Warrior, the father of Martin the Warrior in the Redwall book series
- Luke Danes, a character on Gilmore Girls
- Luke Perry, the narrator of the Sword of the Spirits trilogy of novels
- Red Hand Luke, a born-again Christian and violent loyalist psychopath in Give My Head Peace
- Luke Garner, the protaganist in few books in the Shadow Children sequence
In geography:
- Luke, Maryland, a village in western Maryland
- Luke, Kriva Palanka, a village in the Kriva Palanka municipality of Macedonia
- Luke, Estonia, a village in Estonia
Luke can also refer to:
- Cool Hand Luke, a film starring Paul Newman
- Luke Air Force Base, a large U.S. Airforce base in Arizona
- Luke (Danish band), a Danish electronica ensemble
- Luke Records, a record label
Popularity Of Name Luke in U.S.
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