Luke

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Luke


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pronunciation= IPA|luːk
gender = Male
meaning = "native of Lucania"
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origin = Greek
related names = Lucas
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Luke (pronEng|luːk) is a common male given name, and less commonly, a surname, and sometimes used as a shortened version of the Latin name Lucas. The name Luke is derived from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania, through the Greek "Loukas", meaning "a native of Lucania". [cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Luke|title=Definitions of Luke|work=Dictionary.com] [cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Luke|title=Luke|work=Online Etymology Dictionary] It is the 43rd most common name in the USA, and the 2105th most common surname, with 15000 people with the surname Luke (0.006%). [cite web|url=http://www.namestatistics.com/luke|title=Name statistics: Luke|work=namestatistics.com|accessdate=31 October|accessyear=2007]

Famous people known as Luke include:

*Luke the Evangelist, companion of 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" character
*Luke Wilson (born 1971), actor
*Luke Goss (born 1968), singer and actor
*Luke Ravenstahl (born 1980), mayor of Pittsburgh, PA

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