Luke 's 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's derived from the name of a region in Italy, Lucania, through the Greek "Loukas", meaning "a native of Lucania". It's the 21st most popular name for new babies in the United Kingdom, 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 Luke Ford (actor) (bor… (More on Luke)