Luke

Greek

"man from Lucania"

Luke Origin and Meaning

The name Luke is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning "man from Lucania".

Luke is a cool-yet-strong Biblical name with a relaxed cowboy feel, which has been on the rise since the advent of Luke Skywalker.

Today, the Luke constellation of names is more popular than ever, with the ascendance of Top 10 Lucas and international star Luca. Luke ranks third in the group, but still stands in the US Top 50 and the Top 100 throughout the English-speaking world.

Luke originated as a short form of Lucas, a Latin derivation of the Greek name Loukas. The most famous bearer of the name is the first-century Greek physician—an evangelist and friend of Saint Paul, as well as the author of the third Gospel of the New Testament—who was also supposed to have been a portrait painter. He thus became the patron saint of doctors and artists.

Later Lukes have included Luke Duke of The Dukes of Hazzard, Cool Hand Luke, half of the classic soap opera duo of Luke and Laura, contemporary actors Luke Wilson and Luke Perry, and a number of star athletes.

While Luke, Lucas, Luca, and the French Luc all have the same root and meaning, Lucius and Lucian have a different origin and meaning -- the more evocative "light".

Luke Rank in US Top 1000

# 31 in the US

Luke Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 105 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Luke

• 31 US 2023
• 105 Nameberry 2025
• 46 Canada 2023
• 39 Future 2035
• 118 England 2023
• 50 Scotland 2024
• 18 Ireland 2024
• 97 Australia 2021
• 40 New Zealand 2024
• 95 Germany 2024
• 186 Netherlands 2015
• 93 Dogs 2022
• 93 Cats 2021

20 Names Similar to Luke

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Luke.

• Jacob
• Ethan
• Nathan
• Zachary
• Lucas
• Caleb
• Joshua
• Andrew
• Samuel
• Isaac
• Benjamin
• Matthew
• Daniel
• Adam
• Max
• Noah
• Aaron
• Michael
• Elijah
• Nicholas

Famous People Named Luke

• Coy Luther "Luke" Perry American actor
• Saint Luke 1st century Greek physician and evangelist, author of the Biblical books of Luke and Acts
• Luke Cunningham Wilson American actor
• Luke Aaron Benward American actor
• Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan American country singer
• Luke Hemsworth Australian actor, brother to Chris & Liam Hemsworth
• Luke Armstrong son of athlete Lance Armstrong
• Luke Anthony Mark Brooks Australian singer and comedian of the Janoskians troupe; twin brother Jaidon Domenic Matthew "Jai" Brooks
• Luke Gallows ring name of Andrew "Drew" Hankinson, American pro wrestler
• Luke Harper ring name of Jon Huber, American pro wrestler
• Luke Robert Hemmings vocalist and guitarist of Australian band 5 Seconds of Summer
• Luke Kleintank American actor
• Luke Korns Youtube personality
• Luke August Keuchly American NFL football player
• Luke Robert Ravenstahl American politician
• Lukas David "Luke" Cutforth British vlogger
• Luke Theodore Walton American basketball player and coach
• Luke Asher Watson South African rugby union player
• Luke Campbell Donald English golfer
• Lucas Daniel "Luke" Edwards American actor
• Luke Barry Irish singer of duo The Luke & Duane Show
• Luke Evans Welsh actor and singer
• Luke Ford Canadian,Australian actor
• Luke Temple American lead singer of group Here We Go Magic
• Luca Giuseppe "Luke" Pasqualino British actor
• Luke Kelly Irish singer of The Dubliners
• Luke Damon Goss English actor
• Luke Anthony "Jocko" Johnson English drummer of Lostprophets and Amen
• Steven Lee "Luke" Lukather American guitarist of band Toto
• Luke Mitchell Australian actor and model
• Luke Norris British actor and writer
• Luke Hudson Gavigan (b. 2007) son of Jessica Capshaw and Christopher Gavigan
• Luke Rhodes (b. 2008) son of American journalist Natalie Morales,Rhodes
• Luke Sampson Busey (b. 2010) son of American actor Gary Busey
• Luke Shilling (b. 2016) son of American soccer player Amy Rodriguez
• Luke Yeo (b. 2017) son of Jamie Yeo
• Eric "Luke" Trump (b. 2017) son of Eric and Lara Trump
• Luke Richard Bagshawe (b. 2018) son of Eddie and Hannah Redmayne
• Luke Smallbone Australian,american Christian singer and songwriter

The name Luke in Pop Culture

• Luke Skywalker main character from the "Star Wars" series
• "Cool Hand Luke" aka Luke Jackson character in the 1967 film of the same name
• Luke Atmey character in video game "Ace Attorney"
• Luke Crain character in "The Haunting of Hill House"
• Luke Sunborn main character in Sarah Rees Brennan's "In Other Lands"
• Luke Wright main character in the 2012 action film "Safe"
• Luke Ward character on TV's "The O.C."
• Luke Castellan character in the "Percy Jackson & the Olympians" series
• Luke Duke character on TV's "The Dukes of Hazard"
• Luke Ross character on TV's "Jessie"
• Luke Matheson character on TV's "Ravenswood"
• Lucas "Luke" Danes character on TV's "Gilmore Girls"
• Luke Spencer character on American soap "General Hospital"
• Lucas "Luke" Dunphy character on TV's "Modern Family"
• Luke Brower character on TV's "Growing Pains"
• Luke Ramsey character on TV's "American Horror Story: Coven"
• Luke O'Neil character on TV's "Everything Sucks!"
• Luke Mosby son of Ted on TV's "How I Met Your Mother"
• Luke Chisholm character from movie "Seven Days in Utopia"
• Luciano "Luke" Snyder character on American soap "As The World Turns"
• Lucian "Luke" Graymark (Garroway) character in Cassandra Clare's "The Mortal Instruments" series
• Luke Character in "The Walking Dead Game"
• Luke Cage aka Power Man character in Marvel Comics and TV's "Jessica Jones"
• "Lucky Luke " Belgian comic book series and its main character
• Luke character on TV's "The Tribe"
• Luke Baker character on TV's "Degrassi"
• Luke fon Fabre the main character of the video game "Tales of the Abyss"
• Luke Smith character on British TV series "The Sarah Jane Adventures"
• Luke the Warrior mouse character in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
• Luke Triton character in the Professor Layton video games
• Luke Cooper character from TV's "The Office"
• Luke character from book and movie "The Ritual"
• Luke a narrow gauge tank engine from the animated series “Thomas and Friends”

International Variations of the name Luke

• Luc French
• Lukas Swedish
• Lukus Czech
• Lukus Greek