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Other usesInfobox given name| name=Luke| image=Lucania map.jpg| imagesize=155px| caption= Map of Lucania| pronunciation= IPAc-en|l|u?|k| gender = Male | meaning = "Light"| region =| origin = Greek language|Greek | related names = Luc (name)|Luc , Luca (given name)|Luca , Lucas , Lukas | footnotes = Luke (IPAc-en|icon|'|l|u?|k) is a male given name , and less commonly, a surname.
Some commentaries suggest that the name is drived from the Latin name lang|la| Lucas, meaning 'man from Luciana, (a region of Italy). However, the earliest known recording of the name is from the Bible which was in existence before the Latin language was prominent. The Gospel of Luke , which was written around AD& nbsp;70 to 90, and it is from here that the name was first popularised. Luke the Evangelist|Luke , who wrote the Gospel of Luke, was a physician who lived around AD& nbsp;30 to 130 (exact years are not known), and he also wrote the Book of Acts in the Bible. Luke is also mentioned by the Apostle Paul in some of the letters Paul wrote to first-century churches.
Luke is the 21st most popular name for new babies in England and Wales , the 43rd most popular name for new babies in the United States , and the 2,105th most common surname in the US, with 15,000 people (0.006%) sharing the surname.cite web|url= http://www.namestatistics.com/luke|title=Name statistics: Luke|work=namestatistics.com|accessdate=31 October 2007Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot
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