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What does Luke mean?
Luke 
▲ as a boys' name is pronounced look. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Luke is "from Lucanus". Place name: a region in southern Italy. Also sometimes used as an English form of Lucius and Lucian. Biblical: a first-century Christian, called "the beloved physician" and is patron saint of doctors and artists, who wrote one of the four Gospel accounts of Jesus. Lukas is a Dutch form. "Star Wars" character Luke Skywalker; actors Luke Perry, Luke Wilson.
STARTS WITH Lu-
Variations
VARIANTS Loukas, Luc, Lucas▲, Lucian▲, Lucien, Lucio, Lucius▼, Luck, Lucky, Lukacs, Lukas▲
ALTERNATIVE FORM VIA LUCIAN, LUKAS Lukyan
CREATIVE FORMS(male)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Luke Leo (L.L.), ..
How popular is Luke?
Luke is a very prominent first name for men (#320 out of 1220, Top 26%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#1940 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Luke reached its top position of #28 in the U.S. in 2015, and is presently at #29. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Prominent alternative forms of Luke (#29 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) are Lucas (#8), Lukas (#233), Lucian (#651), Lucien (#1178), Lucius (#1382), Lucio (#1721), Luc and Lucky. These relations of Luke reached the height of their popularity 2 years ago (USAGE OF 1.35%) and have remained as common to this day (USAGE 1.31%, ▼3%), but with the version Lucius going out of style. Lucas, Lukas, Lucian and Luke are four of the more contemporarily stylish baby names in this list.
Similar Names
Luke▲ is pronounced similarly to Laike, Lake, Lech, Lock and Locke. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Bake, Burke, Deke, Duke▲, Eike, Fulke, Ike▼, Jake▼, Laken, Lale, Lane▲, Le, Lee▼, Lige▼, Loki, Louie▼, Lowe, Luce, Ludo, Lugh, Luis, Luiz, Lukan, Lunn, Lyle▼, Mike▼, Myke, Pike, Pyke, Rike, Wake and Zeke▲. These names tend to be less frequently used than Luke.
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