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Luke vs Lou - What's the difference?

luke | lou |

As proper nouns the difference between luke and lou

is that luke is a given name derived from Latin while Lou is a diminutive of the male given name Louis.

As an adjective luke

is lukewarm.

luke

English

(wikipedia Luke)

Alternative forms

* (rare biblical abbreviation)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 2005 Dallas Hudgens, Drive Like Hell , Simon and Schuster, ISBN 0743251636, page 94:
    • "Your parents like Cool Hand Luke''''', yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you '''Luke'''." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, ' Luke the Drifter.
  • (Luke the Evangelist), an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
  • * :
    • Luke , the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
  • (biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.

    • Related terms

    * (given names) (l), (l), (l) (surnames) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    lou

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given name Louis.
  • A diminutive of the female given names Louisa and Louise; often also used as a middle name.

    • Quotations

    * 2006 , Digging to America , Alfred A. Knopf, ISBN 0307263940, page 25: *: Pat and Lou', their names were. The man was Pat and the woman was ' Lou , or was it the other way around? Maryam knew she was going to have trouble with that.

    Anagrams

    * English diminutives of male given names English diminutives of female given names ----