Luke
/luːk/noun
A male given name and the name of one of the four New Testament Gospels.
Did you know?Luke ultimately comes from Latin *Lucas*, from Greek *Loukas*, meaning a man from Lucania in southern Italy — so the name is geographic, not mystical, even though it became one of Christianity’s most spiritually charged names.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
Loukas
“A person from Lucania, a region in southern Italy.”
Late Latin
Latin
Lucas
“A Roman form of the Greek name, used as a personal name.”
Old French
French
Luc
“A French form of the biblical name.”
Middle English
English
Luke
“The common English form of the biblical name.”
Modern English
English
Luke
“A male given name and the title of one of the four Gospels.”