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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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Luke m. Latin Lucas from Greek Λουκᾶς 'man from Lucania'.

The name of one of the four evangelists. Vulgate: Lucas. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Luk.

Brabant
Latin
● 1312 Luce (gen) JeanIII p. 12
England
Latin
● c1198 Lucas (gen) GASurv p. 245; 1222 Lucas (nom) StPaulDom p. 15; 1300 Lucas (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 247; 1340xc1450 Lucas (nom) CovGuild-1 p. 49; 1377 Lucas (nom) FenPT-2 p. 5
Dutch
● 1572 Lucas AuFr Bauwens; 1576 Lucas ibid. Drossaert; 1578 Lucas ibid. Corselis
Early Modern English
● 1576 Luke BUmar-vol1 p. 26; 1582 Lucas DEmar-vol2 p. 7; 1588 Luke ibid. p. 15; 1594 Lucas ibid. p. 29, Luke ibid. p. 28; 1595 Luke ibid. p. 30
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1582 Lucka (nom) Audén1980 p. 171, Lwcka (nom) ibid. p. 171, Lwckå (nom) ibid. p. 171
France
Latin
● 1173 Lucas (nom) clairvaux-12thc 151; 1180 Luca (abl) RotScaNor p. 3; 1260 Luce (dat) ArrestReg-volI XVII, Ascension, Lucham (acc) ibid. IX, St. Martin, Luchas (nom) ibid. XVII, Ascension; 1378 Luce (dat) hanquetvol1 1003
Old French
● 1296 Lucas paris1296 p. 16; 1313 Lucas Paris1313 p. 2
Middle French
● 1392 Lucas MemBret-II col. 602; 1418 Lucas HGParis p. 385, Luquin ibid. p. 372; 1421 Lucas favier 67; 1438 Lucas ibid. 458; 1565 Luc RegPCC-1 p. 141, Lucas ibid. p. 183; 1566 Lucas ibid. p. 227; 1567 Lucas ibid. p. 287; 1568 Luc ibid. p. 383, Lucas ibid. p. 390; 1570 Lucas ibid. p. 427; 1571 Lucas ibid. p. 436
◑ 1423 Luquin favier 482; 1438 Luquin ibid.
Germany
Early New High German
● 1497 Laux Nurn1497 1785, Lucas ibid. 570
Italy
Latin
● 1348 Luce (gen) INP 24; 1376 Lucha (abl) DouGen1 p. 146, Lucho (abl) ibid. p. 53; 1464 Lucas (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI, Luchas (nom) ibid. CCXXXI; 1522x1532 Lucas (nom) DSF p. 56, 9; 1527 Lucas (nom) Rome1527 p. 83
◑ 1376 Luchino (abl) DouGen1 p. 39; 1464 Luchinus (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI
Italian
● 1513x1521 Lucha LeoX p. 13
Lithuania
Latin
● 1561x1565 Lukasus (nom) Kaunas2006 p. 85
Spain
Catalan
● 1510 Luch valencia1510 1523
Spanish
● 1576 Lucas Catalogo-5.2 3937
Cite as: R. Le Get, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Luke". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Luke.