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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 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Luke.