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Luke
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Appendix:Variations of "luke"
English
Alternative forms
Gospel of Luke en Luk., en Lk abbreviation, en Luc. rare abbreviation
Etymology
From en la Lūcās, from en grc-koi Λουκᾶς. See the Greek entry for more.
Pronunciation
en /luːk/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Luke.wav Southern England
en /luk/ GA
en /lʉk/ Scotland,Northern Ireland
en /lɪu̯k/ Wales
en /ljuːk/ Early Modern
en uːk 1
en look<aa:Scotland,NI,some of <<Northern England>>>
Proper noun
~
en male.
en 2005 Dallas Hudgens Drive Like Hell Simon and Schuster 0743251636 94 "Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter.
en Vittoria Elliott The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover WIRED (magazine) WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/ 2025-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20250202191023/https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-government-young-engineers/ 2025-02-02 The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.
Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
Colossians 4 14:
Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
en Q39939 en biblical The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
en Luk.<id:Q39939><qq:abbreviation>
en Matthew<id:Q392302> Mark<id:Q107388> John<id:Q36766>
en English patronymics, a variant of Luck.
en Irish patronymics, a later anglicization of ga Lúcás (Lucas).
en place name:
en village municipality/Čajniče c/Bosnia and Herzegovina.
en village municipality/Hadžići c/Bosnia and Herzegovina.
en village municipality/Pale c/Bosnia and Herzegovina.
en village county/Tartu c/Estonia.
en village municipality/Kriva Palanka c/North Macedonia.
en village district/Moravica c/Serbia.
en town s/Maryland c/US ; named for papermaker William Luke.
Derived terms
en Lukan Luke-Acts Luxford
Related terms
given name en Luca, en Lucas, en Luka
en surnames Lock Locke Locket Lockett Lockey Lockie Lockitt Look Loukes Lucas Luck Luckes Luckett Luckman Lucks Lugg Lukeman Lukes McLucas McLuckie McLugash
Translations
given name
Afrikaans: af Lukas
Aghwan: xag 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚
Albanian: sq Lukë
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܠܘܼܩܵܐ Luqa
Hebrew script: arc לוקא Lūqā’
Syriac: arc ܠܘܩܐ Lūqā’
Armenian: hy Ղուկաս
Old Armenian: xcl Ղուկաս
Aromanian: rup Luca m
Asturian: ast Lluques
Basque: eu Lukas
Breton: br Lukaz m
Catalan: ca Lluc
Cebuano: ceb Lucas
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 路加 Lô-gă
Mandarin: cmn 盧克 Lúkè
Coptic: cop ⲗⲟⲩⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ
Corsican: co Lucca
Czech: cs Lukáš
Danish: da Lukas
Dutch: nl Lukas
Esperanto: eo Luko
Estonian: et Luukas
Extremaduran: ext Lucas
Finnish: fi Luukas
French: fr Luc
Frisian:
Saterland Frisian: stq Lukas
West Frisian: fy Lukas
Galician: gl Lucas m
Georgian: ka ლუკა
German: de Lukas
Alemannic German: gsw Lukas m
Bavarian: bar Lukas
Central Franconian: gmw-cfr Lukas
Greek: el Λουκάς m, el Λουκ transliteration from English
Hawaiian: haw Luka
Hungarian: hu Lukács
Icelandic: is Lúkas m
Ido: io Lukas m
Indonesian: id Lukas
Irish: ga Lúcás
Italian: it Luca
Japanese: ja ルーク Rūku
Latin: la Lucas
Latvian: lv Lūkas m, lv Lūka m
Limburgish: li Lucas
Lithuanian: lt Lukas
Lombard: lmo Lüga m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl Lukas m
German Low German: nds-de Lukas m
Luxembourgish: lb Lukas m
Macedonian: mk Лу́ка m
Malayalam: ml ലൂക്കോസ്, ml ലൂക്കാ
Maltese: mt Luqa
Māori: mi Ruka
Norwegian: no Lukas
Occitan: oc Luc m
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Лука m
Pennsylvania German: pdc Lukas
Persian: fa لوکاس lukâs
Polish: pl Łukasz
Portuguese: pt Lucas m
Romanian: ro Luca
Russian: ru Лука́ m, ru Люк m transliteration
Scots: sco Luke
Scottish Gaelic: gd Lùcas m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Лука
Latin: sh Luka
Slovak: sk Lukáš m
Slovene: sl Luka m
Spanish: es Lucas
Swahili: sw Luka
Swedish: sv Lukas
Tagalog: tl Lucas m
Tigrinya: ti ሉቃስ
Ukrainian: uk Лука́ f, uk Лука́ш m
Waray-Waray: war Lucas
Welsh: cy Luc m
Wolof: wo Luug
Zealandic: zea Lucas
evangelist
Afrikaans: af Lukas
Aghwan: xag 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚
Albanian: sq Lukë
Arabic: ar لُوقَا
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܠܘܼܩܵܐ Luqa
Hebrew script: arc לוקא Lūqā’
Syriac: arc ܠܘܩܐ Lūqā’
Armenian: hy Ղուկաս
Old Armenian: xcl Ղուկաս
Asturian: ast Lluques
Basque: eu Lukas
Breton: br Lukaz m
Caló: rmq Lucas
Catalan: ca Lluc
Cebuano: ceb Lucas
Cherokee: chr ᎷᎦ
Chinese:
Eastern Min: cdo 路加 Lô-gă
Mandarin: cmn 路加
Corsican: co Lucca
Czech: cs Lukáš
Danish: da Lukas
Dutch: nl Lucas
Estonian: et Luukas
Finnish: fi Luukas
French: fr Luc
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Lukas
Georgian: ka ლუკა
German: de Lukas
Gothic: got 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍃 m
Greek: el Λουκάς m
Ancient Greek: grc Λουκᾶς m
Hawaiian: haw Luka
Hindi: hi लूका m Lūkā
Hungarian: hu Lukács
Icelandic: is Lúkas m
Ido: io Lukas m
Indonesian: id Lukas
Irish: ga Lúcás m
Italian: it Luca
Japanese: ja ルーク Rūku, ja ルカ Ruka
Kazakh: kk Лұқа
Korean: ko ^루카
Latin: la Lūcās m
Latvian: lv Lūkas m, lv Lūka m
Limburgish: li Lucas
Lithuanian: lt Lukas m
Macedonian: mk Лу́ка m
Malay: ms Lukas
Norwegian: no Lukas
Old English: ang Lūcas m
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Лука m
Persian: fa لوقا luqâ
Pohnpeian: pon Luk
Polish: pl Łukasz m
Portuguese: pt Lucas m
Romanian: ro Luca m
Russian: ru Лука́ m
Scots: sco Luke
Scottish Gaelic: gd Lùcas m
Sinhalese: si ධර්මදූත ලූක් තුමා
Slovak: sk Lukáš m
Slovene: sl Luka m
Spanish: es Lucas
Swahili: sw Luka
Swedish: sv Lukas
Tagalog: tl Lucas m
Telugu: te లూకా Lūkā
Thai: th ลูกา
Tigrinya: ti ሉቃስ
Turkish: tr Luka
Vietnamese: vi Luca Catholic, vi Lu-ca Protestant
Waray-Waray: war Lucas
Welsh: cy Luc m
Wolof: wo Luug
Zealandic: zea Lucas
gospel of Luke
Afrikaans: af Lukas
Aghwan: xag 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚𐔼 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܠܘܼܩܵܐ iwāngiliyun d-Luqa
Hebrew script: arc כרוזותא דלוקא Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’
Syriac: arc ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܐ Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’
Armenian: hy Ավետարան ըստ Ղուկասի
Asturian: ast Lluques
Basque: eu Lukas
Breton: br Lukaz m
Burmese: my ရှင်လုကာခရစ်ဝင်
Catalan: ca Lluc
Cebuano: ceb Lucas
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 路加福音 lou6 gaa1 fuk1 jam1
Eastern Min: cdo 路加福音 Lô-gă Hók Ĭng
Hakka: hak 路加福音 Lu-kâ Fuk-yîm
Hokkien: nan-hbl 路加福音 Lō͘-ka Hok-im
Mandarin: cmn 路加福音 Lùjiā Fúyīn
Corsican: co Lucca
Czech: cs Lukáš
Danish: da Lukasevangeliet n definitive form
Dutch: nl Evangelie naar Lucas
Estonian: et Luuka m
Farefare: gur Luki, gur Aluki, gur Luka
Finnish: fi Luukkaan evankeliumi
French: fr Luc Évangile selon Luc , fr Lc
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Lukas
Georgian: ka ლუკას სახარება
German: de das Evangelium nach Lukas , de Lk
Greek: el κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιον n
Hawaiian: haw Luka
Hindi: hi लूका
Hungarian: hu Lukács
Icelandic: is Lúkas m
Ido: io Lukas m
Indonesian: id Lukas
Irish: ga Soiscéal Naofa Íosa Críost de réir Lúcáis m, ga Soiscéal Lúcáis m, ga Lúcás m
Italian: it Luca
Japanese: ja ルカによる福音書 Ruka ni yoru fukuinsho
Kazakh: kk Лұқа
Korean: ko ^루카 복음서
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb لۆقا
Latin: la Lucas m
Latvian: lv Lūka m
Limburgish: li Lucas
Lithuanian: lt Evangelija pagal Luką f
Macedonian: mk Евангелие според Лука n
Malay: ms Lukas
Māori: mi Ruka
Norwegian: no Lukas Evangeliet etter Lukas , no Luk
Persian: fa لوقا luqâ
Pohnpeian: pon Luk
Polish: pl Ewangelia Łukasza f
Portuguese: pt Lucas m
Romanian: ro Luca m
Russian: ru Евангелие от Луки n
Scots: sco Luke
Scottish Gaelic: gd Soisgeul Lùcais m
Slovak: sk Lukáš m
Slovene: sl Luka m
Spanish: es Lucas m
Swahili: sw Luka
Swedish: sv Lukasevangeliet n
Tagalog: tl Lucas m
Thai: th ลูกา
Urdu: ur لوقا
Vietnamese: vi Luca Catholic, vi Lu-ca Protestant
Waray-Waray: war Lucas
Welsh: cy Luc m, cy Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Luc f
Zealandic: zea Lucas
villages in Bosnia and Serbia
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Луке
Latin: sh Luke
village in North Macedonia
Albanian: sq Lluka
French: fr Louké
Macedonian: mk Луке
Polish: pl Łuke
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Luke is the 1961st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18,425 individuals. Luke is most common among White (72.59%) individuals.
Anagrams
en eklu leku leuk- Leuk
en Biblical characters Books of the Bible
Finnish
Etymology
fi w:fi:Luonnonvarakeskus Luonnonvarakeskus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi proper noun
fi Finland fi w:fi:Luonnonvarakeskus Natural Resources Institute Finland
fi https://yle.fi/a/74-20241012 Luke: Suomessa ensimmäistä kertaa havaittu vieraskala oli marmoripaksuotsa Elise Aaltonen Yle 2026-08-14 2026-08-14 Heinäkuussa 2025 Loviisan edustalta löytynyt vieraskalalaji on varmistunut marmoripaksuotsaksi, kertoo Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke). The non-native fish species found off Loviisa in July 2025 has been confirmed as bighead carp, says the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). https://web.archive.org/web/20260921083957/https://yle.fi/a/74-20241012 21 September 2026
Usage notes
The all-capitalized spelling fi LUKE is much less common and considered nonstandard.
Declension
sg Luk a
See also
fi Syke
fi Organizations
German
Etymology
de nds -, from de gml lûke, from de osx *lūka, from de gmw-pro *lūkā.
Cognate with nl luik hatch and, more distantly, de Loch hole Lücke gap 1; see the former for more.Luke
Pronunciation
de /ˈluːkə/
de De-Luke.ogg
de De-Luke2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
hatch opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.
de Die Luke zum Dachboden klemmt. The hatch to the attic is jammed.
de Der Kapitän öffnete die Luke und sah nach draußen. The captain opened the hatch and looked outside.
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Dachluke Schiffsluke
References
Further reading
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
Lukè
Noun
lt noun form Lukè
lt Lùkas loc s Luke