Definition of "Luke"

Luke

/luːk/

proper noun
1. A male given name
  Quotations
  "Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter.
  2005, Dallas Hudgens, Drive Like Hell, Simon and Schuster, page 94
2. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
  Quotations
  Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Colossians 4:14
3. (biblical) 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.