: I always thought that Luke came from the Latin Praenomen
: Lucius (Pronounced Look-ee-oos.) and that the Greek
: name was simply a Greek translation from the bible
: & Roman documents rather than an originally greek
: name.
All common mistakes.
Look here: http://www.behindthename.com/
And here: http://www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?terms=luke&nmd=n&gender=both&operator=or
And here: http://www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?terms=lucius
Theoretically, "Luke" can also technically come from "Lucius" if you want it too, just as I prefer to consider my name the Anglicization of lucus, not of Lucas
