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Luke-Junior

Gender
Boy
Say it
LOOK-JOO-nee-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#4,301 for boys

Luke-Junior is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Lucania + younger”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).

What does Luke-Junior mean?

Greek: Luke + Junior

“from Lucania + younger”

Joins Luke (Greek, “from Lucania”) and Junior (English, “younger”).

Meanings borrowed from Luke and Junior.

Is Luke-Junior a girl's or a boy's name?

Luke-Junior is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Luke-Junior in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,301st among boys
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady up 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Luke-Junior, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 8 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.

2014Busiest: 8 in 20212025
Luke-Junior in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20254#4,301
20245#3,772
20230–
20227#2,922
20218#2,619
20205#3,502
20190–
20183#4,959
20174#4,161
20163#5,015
20153#4,955
20145#3,529

Names like Luke-Junior

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Luke-Junior: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luke-junior, updated 20 October 2026.