Luke: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced LOOK · 1 syllable

Luke means “light; man from Lucania”, from Greek and Latin.

From Latin Lucas, from Koine Greek (Loukas). See the Greek entry for more.

How popular is Luke?

Luke was the #33 name in the US in 2025, given to 6,957 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Luke in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Luke are older than 27; most are between 18 and 52. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Luke have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Luke means “light; man from Lucania”. It comes from Greek and Latin.

Luke is pronounced LOOK.

Luke was the #33 name in the US in 2025, given to 6,957 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Luke are older than 27. Most are between 18 and 52.