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| Pronunciation | ljuːk |
| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | "native of Lucania" |
| Origin | Greek |
| Related names | Lucas |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Luke |
Luke (pronounced /ˈljuːk/) is a common male given name, and less commonly, a surname, and sometimes used as a shortened version of the Latin name Lucas. Male (♂ refers to the sex of an organism or part of an organism which produces small mobile Gametes called spermatozoa. Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly The name Luke is derived from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania, through the Greek "Loukas", meaning "a native of Lucania". Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Lucania was an ancient district of southern Italy, extending from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto. [1][2] It is the 43rd most common name in the USA,[3] and the 2105th most common surname, with 15000 people with the surname Luke (0. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 006%). [4]
Famous people known as Luke include:
- Luke the Evangelist, companion Paul of Tarsus
- Vietnamese Martyrs, Luke Loan Ba Vu and Luke Thin Viet Pham
- Luther Campbell (born 1960), also known as Luke
- Steve Lukather (born 1957), also known as Luke
- Luke Skywalker fictional, Star Wars
Popularity Of Name Luke in U. Luke the Evangelist ( Hebrew: לוּקָֻא Greek: Loukás) was an early Christian leader who is said by tradition to be the author of The Vietnamese Martyrs, also known as the Martyrs of Tonkin Martyrs of Annam or Martyrs of Indochina, are Saints on the Roman Catholic calendar Luther R Campbell (born December 22, 1960) also known as Doo Doo Brown, Luke Skyywalker, Uncle Luke or Luke, is Steve "Luke" Lukather (born October 21, 1957) is an American Grammy Award winning Guitarist, Singer, Luke Skywalker is the main protagonist of the Star Wars universe portrayed by Mark Hamill in the films Star Wars Episode IV Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded S. [3]
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References
- ^ Definitions of Luke. Dictionary. com.
- ^ Luke. Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ a b Popular Baby Names (U.S. Social Security Administration)
- ^ Name statistics: Luke. namestatistics. com. Retrieved on 31 October 2007. Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
Dictionary
luke
-adjective
- (UK) lukewarm
Luke
-proper noun
- A male given name
- (Biblical) Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian ( Col.4:14.etc) credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
- (Biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
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