Luther

(male) From the German surname, which is from a Germanic personal name derived from liut ‘people’ + heri, hari ‘army’. It is commonly bestowed among evangelical Protestants, in honour of the ecclesiastical reformer and theologian Martin Luther (1483–1546). In recent times it has also been bestowed in honour of the assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929–68). It was at its most popular in the United States from the 1880s up to 1910 but has since steadily declined.