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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 (405): Lucas. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Luk.

Belgium
Dutch
1575 Lucas MPSA p. 80; 1584 Lucas ibid. p. 83; 1585 Lucas ibid. p. 84; 1586 Lucas ibid. p. 84; 1587 Lucas ibid. p. 85; 1588 Lucas ibid. p. 85; 1589 Lucas ibid. p. 86; 1590 Lucas ibid. p. 86; 1597x1598 Lucas BoonenGes p. 356
Brabant
Latin
1312 Luce (gen) JeanIII p. 12
Czech Republic
Latin
1396 Lucas (nom) LDFPUP1 p. 5
Denmark
Danish
1581 Lucas KD-1 no. 362
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; 1585 Lucas ibid. Hoste; 1586 Lucas ibid. Malapert; 1587 Lucas ibid. Jansz; 1590 Lucas ibid. Peene; 1591 Lucas ibid. Staffemij; 1592 Lucas ibid. Jansen; 1594 Lucas ibid. Quirijns; 1599 Lucas ibid. Quirijns
Early Modern English
1569 Luke SurMus II; 1576 Luke BUmar-vol1 p. 26; 1582 Lucas DEmar-vol2 p. 7; 1583/4 Luke SurMus p. 20; 1588 Luke DEmar-vol2 p. 15; 1594 Lucas ibid. p. 29, Luke ibid. p. 28; 1595 Luke ibid. p. 30
Middle French
1577 Lucas WCS p. 13
Walloon
1590 Luc RWC p. 13; 1592/3 Luc ibid. p. 25; 1593 Luc ibid. p. 28; 1594 Luc ibid. p. 33
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; 1216x1227 Lucam (acc) ChartCaen2 19, Lucas (nom) ibid. 19; 1239 Lucas (nom) ChronMaillezais p. 162; 1241 Lucas (nom) NDParisII 2-CXII; 1260 Lucas (nom) ibid. 1-XVII, Luce (dat) ArrestReg-volI XVII, Ascension, Lucham (acc) ibid. IX, St. Martin, Luchas (nom) ibid. XVII, Ascension; 1267 Lucas (nom) NDParisII 2-II; 1317 Lucas (nom) ChronMaillezais p. 163; 1332 Luca (abl) ibid. p. 165; 1378 Luce (dat) hanquetvol1 1003
Old French
1296 Lucas paris1296 p. 16; 1298 Lucas (obl) HistHdVParis p. 144; 1313 Lucas Paris1313 p. 2
Middle French
1386 Lucas MemBret-II col. 513; 1392 Lucas ibid. col. 602; 1418 Lucas DdB1418 p. 211, HGParis p. 385, Luquin ibid. p. 372; 1421 Lucas favier 67; 1438 Lucas ibid. 458; 1549 Lucas HistHdVParis no. 18; 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; 1572 Lucas ibid. p. 514
1418 Luquin DdB1418 p. 196; 1423 Luquin favier 482; 1438 Luquin ibid.
Germany
Early New High German
1497 Laux Nurn1497 1785, Lucas ibid. 570
Ireland
Latin
1585 Luce (dat) IORCHAR-II p. xvii
Early Modern English
1585 Lucas IORCHAR-II p. xv
Italy
Latin
1138 Lucas (nom) HAP p. 331; 1348 Luce (gen) INP 24; 1360[1370] Lucha (abl) Livi 263, Lucham (acc) ibid. 263; 1366 Luce (gen) ibid. 9; 1367 Lucas (nom) ibid. 161, Luce (gen) ibid. 158; 1368 Lucas (nom) ibid. 212, Lucha (abl) ibid. 211, Luchas (nom) ibid. 226; 1369 Lucha (abl) ibid. 255; 1376 Lucha (abl) DouGen1 p. 146, Lucho (abl) ibid. p. 53; 1401 Lucham (acc) SDHK no. 15739; 1421 Luce (dat) CatTir1 62; 1449 Lucas (nom) VitAs2 VII; 1450 Luca (abl) ibid. XI; 1464 Lucas (nom) CUP-III-I CCXXXI, Luchas (nom) ibid. CCXXXI; 1478 Luca (nom) RCCaetani6 2720, Luce (gen) ibid. 2720; 1521 Luce (gen) VitAs2 V; 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
1401 Lucha SDHK no. 15739; 1429–1430 Lucha DiaryLMA p. 207, Luigi ibid. p. 213; 1513x1521 Lucha LeoX p. 13
1513x1521 Luchino LeoX p. 32
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 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Luke.