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Luke

in the US

There are 44,761 people with the first name "Luke" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

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Luke 677
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  1. is 673rd most common Madeline
  2. is 674th most common Silvia
  3. is 675th most common Morris
  4. is 676th most common Pablo
  5. is 677th most common Luke
  6. is 678th most common Virgil
  7. is 679th most common Krista
  8. is 680th most common Rosie
  9. is 681st most common Seth

Similar Names and Nicknames

Lucy, Luis, Luz, Lucia, Lukey, Luisa, Lukee, Lukea, Luigi, Lukeya

Most Common Last Names for Luke

Smith, Johnson, Miller, Williams, Anderson, Davis, Martin, Brown, Jones, Wilson

Meaning & History

(male) Middle English vernacular form of Lucas, Latin form of the post-classical Greek name Loukas ‘man from Lucania’. This owes its perennial popularity throughout Christian Europe to the fact that, from the 2nd century onwards, the third gospel in the New Testament has been ascribed to the Lucas or Luke mentioned at various places in Acts and in the Epistles. Little is known about him beyond the facts that he was a doctor, a Gentile, and a friend and convert of St Paul. The name was borne by the character Luke Skywalker in the film Star Wars (1977), and rose sharply in popularity in the 1990s.

Cognates: Irish: Lúcás. Scottish Gaelic: Lùcas. German: Lukas. Dutch: Lucas. French: Luc. Spanish, Portuguese: Lucas. Catalan: Lluc(h). Italian: Luca. Russian: Luka. Polish: Lukasz. Czech: Lukáš. Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian: Luka. Finnish: Luukas. Hungarian: Lukács.

Recent Searches for "Luke" in the US

Since June 2009
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Luke Smith (463 searches)
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