Loke as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Loke

What is the meaning of the name Loke ?

The baby name Loke is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Scandinavian: /ˈloːkə/ (LOH-keh); English: /ˈloʊki/ (LOH-kee).

Loke is Norse in Origin.

Loke is the modern Scandinavian form of Old Norse Loki, the name of the shape-shifting trickster of the Eddas. Its etymology is debated: scholars connect it to Proto-Germanic roots meaning “to close/lock,” yielding senses like “knot,” “tangle,” or “entangler”; a fire-based derivation is less accepted and reflects confusion with the separate figure Logi. Thus Loke is often interpreted as “knot-maker” or “the entangler.”

As a given name, Loke was rare in medieval Scandinavia - likely avoided because of the god’s ambivalent reputation - and only reappeared with the revival of Old Norse names in the late 19th and especially late 20th century. Usage has risen in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark since the 1990s, with broader recognition through modern media retellings of Norse myth. Variants and cognates include Loke (Swedish, Danish, Norwegian) and Loki (Icelandic, English, international); related is Logi (Old Norse), but with different origin and meaning.