http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/ Where Every Name Has a Story Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-29607 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:03:33 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-29607 [...] not quite a Katniss.  Luca and Lux are – the feminine equivalents of another young hero, Luke [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-27745 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:03:12 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-27745 [...] single-syllable names in the boys’ Top 100 included John, Sean, Juan, Cole, Chase, Blake, Luke, and Jack.  That’s the identical list to 2008.  In 2010, there was one addition: Max.  And [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-24467 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:03:39 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-24467 [...] name for your child?  Does the character have to be clearly on the side of good, like Luke Skywalker, or are shades of gray [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-20541 Wed, 04 May 2011 07:04:02 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-20541 [...] is the Italian form of the saintly, enduring Luke.  Luke has been in the US Top 100 since 1992, and currently ranks #48.  The Latin Lucas was less [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-20307 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 20:48:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-20307 [...] named twins, but I can’t help think that names that matchy spell trouble.  Oh – and Luke and Leia.  What to say [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-19674 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:07:21 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-19674 [...] borrowed Cross’ tune to promote General Hospital, just as supercouple Luke and Laura became the hottest thing on daytime [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-18143 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:04:05 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-18143 [...] story goes like this:  the image was carved by St. Luke and brought to Spain.  It had to be hidden from the Moors in a cave; after many years, la Moreneta [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-2374 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:29:40 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-2374 [...] hey, if you’re really Star Wars fans, you can always name his brother Luke. Filed under: Names for Boys, Names of the Day, Silver Screen   |   Tags: [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-2295 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:08:12 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-2295 I don’t mind any of the Luc- names but can nitpick each of them, bar two and a half.
Luke – puke, ook (what the kids call puke), mook, juke, fluke
Lucas – mucus (eew).
And yeah, that stuff runs through my head everytime I hear them. I never said I wasn’t still 5 years old inside! But Lucius, Lucian & even the not related Lucan resonate with me. but then, they’d be Lou, not Luke. Because Lou pleases me more. I don’t have a problem with others using Lucas/Luke, though. They’re innocuous enough and they’re both handsome in their own right and beat a whole host of “names” I hear on a daily basis. (as long as you don’t say “We named him Luke so dad could say “Luke, I am your father!” at least once, that’s cheesy)
Lucas and Luke both get a :thumbsup: from me! Lovely, simple classics, both.

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2008/11/08/name-of-the-day-luke/#comment-2293 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:44:34 +0000 http://appellationmountain.wordpress.com/?p=994#comment-2293 I have twin first-cousins-once-removed who are Luke and Olivia (of course she’s Olivia Rose). They were born in 2000. At that time, Olivia was a novel idea and Luke sounded classic. Today they sound trendy and trite. Still, I think the two together make a good match, and I will always like Luke more than Olivia (namewise. Cousin-wise, they’re equally lovable.)

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