# Luke

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /lyk/ · frequency rank #3,312

## Definitions
1. A male given name.
2. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
3. The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
4. An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
5. An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
6. A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
7. A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
8. A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9. A village in Tartu, Estonia.
10. A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
11. A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
12. A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.

## Etymology
From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

## Easily confused with
- **lux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lux)
- **luv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-luv)
- **luz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-luz)
- **Luo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-luo)
- **lye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lye)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lun)
- **lul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lul)
- **lum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lum)
- **lung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lung)
- **lust** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lust)
- **lump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lump)
- **lure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lure)
- **luna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-luna)
- **lush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lush)
- **lulu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lulu)
- **Lyle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lyle)
- **Lyme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lyme)
- **Lund** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lund)
- **lurk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lurk)
- **lull** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luke-vs-lull)

## Common misspellings (5)
`lkue`, `lluke`, `luek`, `lukke`, `ulke`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/luke