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Comments and insights on the name Luca: | Edit

It's traditionally a boy's name.

Personal experiences with the name Luca: | Edit

Sorry, but Luca is a girl's name as much as Michael or Peter are girls' names. It is a very masculine name, and Italians would scoff at a girl being named Luca. It is the equivalent of the name Luke in English.

To the commenter above me: Unless you are Italian, it wouldn't matter in the slightest, would it? Also, I actually met a girl named Peter.

Nicknames for Luca: | Edit

Regarding the above comment, I married an Italian, and we named our son Luca, so it does matter very much to me.

Meanings and history of the name Luca: | Edit

Italian/Latin - Bringer of light; Man from Lucania

Famous real-life people named Luca: | Edit

Luca Belcastro, Italian composer
Luca Caputi, Canadian ice hockey player
Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, President of Ferrari
Luca della Robbia, Sculptor
Luca Pacioli, considered the father of double-entry accounting
Luca "Lazylegz" Patuelli, Canadian hip hop dancer
Luca Prodan, Argentine musician
Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player
Luca Toni, Italian football player
Luca Turilli, Italian musician and composer
Luca Bella Facinelli, daughter of celebrity Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth

Luca in song, story & screen: | Edit

Luca Brasi from the film and novel The Godfather
'Luka', a 1987 song by Suzanne Vega.