Boy · Ancient Greek, from Latin
Luke
Say it: LOOK
Meaning
Greek Loukas, probably 'man from Lucania' in southern Italy.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Used in the Middle Ages and, with Lucas and Luca, among the most popular European boys' names since the 2000s.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 287,010 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 182 boys
- 7,739 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Early ChristianLatinEnglishAmericanFrenchSpanishItalianPortugueseGermanPolishHungarianCroatian
The family of the name
Other spellings: Lucas
| French | Luc |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Lucas |
| Italian | Luca |
| Portuguese | Lucas |
| German | Lukas |
| Polish | Łukasz |
| Russian | Luka |
| Hungarian | Lukács |
Famous bearers
- Luke the Evangelist, patron of physicians and painters
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.