Behind the Name: Luke

LUKE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: LOOK [key]
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From the Greek name Loukas which meant "from Lucania". Lucania was a region in Italy. Saint Luke, the author of the third Gospel and Acts in the New Testament, was a doctor who travelled in the company of Saint Paul.