Comments for the name Luke

This is the name of a character in the original Star Wars trilogy. Luke Skywalker is the son of Anakin Skywalker (later Darth Vader) and Senator Padme Amidala.

Luke Skywalker from the Star Wars trilogy also had an evil clone in a Star Wars book series named Luuke. I'd like to see people use that spelling!

Luke also has the meaning of light or the bringer of light and knowledge.

The names with the same meaning as Luke include Lucy, Lucia, Lucile, Lucille, Lucetta, Leia and Lucas.

Dotty: Where do you get the idea that the name Leia is related to the name Luke? Leia is a variation of Leah, which does not mean 'light' or anything of the sort. The fact that Luke and Leia are twins in Star Wars does not meant that their names are related!

Luke's a very weird name.

The actor Luke Perry (Dylan on Beverly Hills 90210) is a famous bearer of this name.

A famous bearer is the Belgian cartoon cowboy Lucky Luke set in the American Old West, he shoots faster than his shadow.

Great name. I like the fact you cannot shorten it.

I find my name, Luke, to be a nice name. I believe that all of the meanings of the name have come out in me. As for the Luke Skywalker thing, it isn't as bad as many people think it is.

This is the name of Offred's husband in Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale.

The lead singer of the Kooks is called Luke Pritchard. :) (very cute as well)

Luke is a great name for a boy. I picture a rugged, handsome, gentle and kind person.

I think this is a very gentle kind of name to give to a boy, I used to know a boy named Luke he was a really nice boy.

Luke is probably the best character the television show Gilmore Girls, and definitely the best match for Lorelai. He owns a diner (appropriately named "Luke's") and wears a backwards baseball cap. Did I mention that he and Lorelai make a wonderful couple? Because they really, really do.

In the Shona language, the name Luke is written "Ruka", hence many of my friends call me that as a nickname.

Lately I've just been really into this name. I think it's adorable for a little boy.

Luke Fon Fabre is the main character from Tales of the Abyss. ^^

This is my cousin's name. It's okay. It's not my favorite name, but I don't hate it either. However, it is starting to get very common these days.

Luke is the English translation for Luca. Luca derives from "lux" which means "light" in Latin.

Luca (and Luke) means "light", having the same root as Lucy, Lucius. In fact, in the ancient times, Luca was the name given to babies born at dawn, since dawn is the first light (lux) of the day.

Your version about the name's meaning is a commonplace explanation. To say that Luke derives from Lucania is the easiest way to go and it led many people to the same interpreting mistake.

To make you understand, those who says that Luke and Luca derive from Lucania, make the same kind of mistake of those who say that Glen derives from "glenoidal", or even that Amerigo derives from America.

Lucy is a Latin-origin name and Luke is Greek-origin, so they in fact derive from different sources. One only needs to look at the Greek New Testament to confirm this.

I believe the origin of Luke is the Celtic god Lugh, or Irish Loeg, Latin Lugus and is perhaps related to the Norse Loki. The church has occulted this origin because the gospel writer could not of course bear the name of a pagan god.

I think Luke is a very sweet but strong name.

Sorry to say this, but the name Luke reminds me of leukaemia.

A famous bearer is Luke Benward, who starred in How to Eat Fried Worms and Because of Winn-Dixie.

The biblical Luke was a physician and comrad of Jesus. Luke was well-educated, well-traveled, and a skilled writer. He wrote the books of Luke and Acts in the New Testament of the Bible.

Although somewhat popular in the USA today, the name Luke is much more common in England.

I quite like this name. I have a new cousin with this as his middle name, and his first name is Dominic. I'm not sure they really go together, but separatly they're fine. I noticed someone said it was common in England, that's where my extended family lives (including my cousin).

My younger brother is called Luke, and I plan to name a son, if I have one, after him. I like the name on its own merit, besides: it's simple, not too common and has a nice sound to it. ^^

This name is very beautiful, s'all I can really say, lol. Doesn't have a very interesting meaning though, sadly.

Singer Joey Kelly and Tanja Niethen have a son Luke Christopher Kelly, born on 29th June 2000 in Krefeld, Germany.

Personally, when I think of this, I picture the dog Luke from Neopets. Not to be rude. I prefer Lucas!

Taylor Caldwell's book Dear and Glorious Physician is about the life of Luke, the writer of Luke & Acts in the Bible. It's an excellent book which I highly recommend.

This name is very handsome and masculine.

My favorite name! So handsome.

I really like the name because it's short and sweet and it is kind of romantic too.

Luke Bryan is a country singer. :)

According to Hitchcock's dictionary of Bible names, Luke means Luminous.

In Greek, Luke looks like this:
λουκας

The Hebrew word for Luminous is as follows
זוהר

For those who think "man from Lucania" is a boring meaning for a nice name:

Lucania was named after the tribe who lived in that region of ancient Italy, the Lucani. Their tribal name is thought to either mean "wolf" (their totem animal) or "sacred wood".

So Luke means "man from the place of wolves" or "man from the sacred wood".

Quite interesting really, and even slightly Twilight!

For those who mentioned that Lucania derives from the word for "wood"; in many Slavic languages "lug" (long "u" as in Luke) means "forest/grove". And "wolf" in Slavic it's "volk", thus it could be a dropped "v".

The name is almost certainly related to the Greek word for light or fair and would have referred to a person with light hair and a pale complexion. It is definitely related to the word 'leukemia' which means white blood.

"Luke, I am you're father." That's all I think of when I hear this.

Luke/Lukas is one of my favorite boys name ever. It can so easily fit a little boy, a businessman, and a male model.

Luke Castellan, a.k.a Kronos, from the Percy Jackson books. Is represented by Jake Able in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief movie (2009).

I have the strangest obsession with this name.

Luke Schenn (born November 2, 1989) is a Canadian professional hockey defenceman for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL).

In the US one of the most famous soap opera characters of all time is Luke Spencer, from General Hospital - especially for anyone who watched TV/didn't live under a rock in the 80's.

In the Percy Jackson series, Luke is the son of Hermes.

Luke Triton is the young sidekick of Professor Hershel Layton and one of the main characters in the Professor Layton video game series for the Nintendo DS.

Luke = Luc (french) = Lucy = Lucie = Lucas and it all comes form LATIN Lux, meaning "light". I'm obviously repeating other comments, but I'm kinda annoyed to see the "wolf" meaning get so much press when it's clearly not valid.

I like this as a nickname for Lucas, even though for some reason Luke has always been more popular as a given name than Lucas... I like the sound of it, it's just really hard to imagine an older man named Luke!