Luca

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Luca

Say it: LOO-kah

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Meaning

From Latin Lucas, Greek Loukas, 'man from Lucania'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Rising now

In the United States

39,399 babies given this name since 1915
At its height in 2020, about 1 in 357 boys
4,874 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

Italian Romanian

The family of the name

English	Luke
French	Luc
Spanish	Lucas

Famous bearers

Luca della Robbia, sculptor
Luca Pacioli, mathematician

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DanteBoyA medieval short form of Durante 'enduring, steadfast'.Middle Ages · peak 1998

SimoneGirl or boyThe French feminine and the Italian masculine form of Simon, from Hebrew Shim'on, usually linked to shama 'he has…Middle Ages · peak 1988

HilaryGirl or boyLatin Hilarius, from hilaris 'cheerful'.Early Medieval · peak 1990

GerardoBoyThe Spanish and Italian form of Gerard, from Germanic gēr 'spear' and hard 'brave, hardy'.Middle Ages · peak 2000

LoganBoyFrom a Scottish surname taken from a place in Ayrshire, from Gaelic lagan 'little hollow'.Modern · peak 2017

LukeBoyGreek Loukas, probably 'man from Lucania' in southern Italy.Biblical · peak 2014

Where this comes from

The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.