Luca (first name)
Luca is a male and female given name. In Germany , however, it is mostly used as a male first name.
Origin and meaning
The name is the Italian form of the name Lukas and the Greek Louka. In Italy and Greece the name is exclusively male. In Hungary and Croatia, the name in the spelling with "c" is exclusively female and is pronounced 'Lutsa' (a variant of Lucia ). In Germany the name was understood as the feminine form of Lukas and was formerly considered feminine. As the short form of the name Lucia (the shining one), he also takes a feminine position.
The name has been given to newborns in Germany since the mid-1990s, mainly as a first name for boys. This is due to the large number of immigrants, mainly from Italy. The name was received in the media through the song Luka by Suzanne Vega. Because of this song, Luca was or is often understood as a woman's name, although this name has long belonged to the top group of the most popular male first names. This means that a clear gender assignment can be assumed in the general consciousness of the population, so that an additional first name is sometimes recommended, but is not necessary.
variants
- German : Luka
- Italian : Luca (male), Lucrezia, Lucia (female)
- Hungarian : Luca (pronunciation: Lutsa ), Lucia (both female)
- Greek : Louka (male)
- Croatian : Luca (female, pronunciation: Lutsa ), Luka (male)
Name bearer
- Luca Alberucci (* 1973), Swiss-Italian politician
- Luca Amato (* 1996), German motorcycle racer
- Luca Antei (* 1992), Italian soccer player
- Luca Badoer (* 1971), Italian Formula 1 racing driver
- Luca Bucci (* 1969), Italian football goalkeeper
- Luca Cadalora (* 1963), Italian motorcycle racer
- Luca Caldirola (* 1991), Italian football player
- Luca Caputi (* 1988), Canadian ice hockey player
- Luca Carboni (* 1962), Italian singer
- Luca Castellazzi (* 1975), Italian football goalkeeper
- Luca Castiglia (* 1989), Italian football player
- Luca Ceppitelli (* 1989), Italian football player
- Luca Degunda (* 1978), Swiss artist
- Luca Ferrari (also Luca da Reggio; 1605–1654), Italian painter
- Luca Ferrari (* 1961), Italian diplomat
- Luca Francesconi (* 1956), Italian composer
- Luca Garritano (* 1994), Italian football player
- Luca Gobbi (* 1971), San Marino soccer player
- Luca Grünwald (* 1994), German motorcycle racer
- Luca Hänni (* 1994), Swiss singer
- Luca Homberger (* 1991), Swiss ice hockey player
- Luca Jung (* 2002), German actor
- Luca Marenzio (1553 / 54–1599), Italian composer of the Renaissance
- Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (* 1947), Italian industrialist
- Luca Pacioli (1445–1514), Italian mathematician (Renaissance)
- Luca Paganini (* 1993), Italian football player
- Luca Pellegrini (soccer player, 1963) (born 1963), Italian soccer player
- Luca Pellegrini (soccer player, 1999) (* 1999), Italian soccer player
- Luca Pfeiffer (* 1996), German soccer player
- Luca Pirri (* 1973), Italian racing driver
- Luca Rigoni (* 1984), Italian football player
- Luca Ronchi (* 1955), Italian television producer and film director
- Luca Scassa (* 1983), Italian motorcycle racer
- Luca Scharpenberg (* 1996), known as YouTuber ConCrafter
- Luca Sestak (* 1995), German boogie-woogie, blues and jazz pianist and singer
- Luca Siligardi (* 1988), Italian football player
- Luca Tognozzi (* 1977), Italian football player
- Luca di Tommè (around 1330 - after 1389), Italian painter
- Luca Toni (* 1977), Italian football player
- Luca Turilli (* 1972), Italian guitarist and composer
- Luca Venantini (* 1970), American film actor
- Luca Vuerich (1975-2010), Italian mountain guide
- Luca Zamperoni (* 1970), German actor
- Luca-Elias (2006–2007), Austrian toddler, whose violent death led to a reform of the Austrian Youth Welfare Act, see case Luca
Variation "Luka"
- Luka Bloom (* 1955), Irish folk singer and composer
- Luka Dončić (* 1999), Slovenian basketball player
- Luka Elsner (* 1982), Slovenian soccer player
- Luka Gračnar (* 1993), Slovenian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Luka Ivanušec (* 1998), Croatian football player
- Luka Jeran (1818–1896), Slovenian missionary, writer and editor
- Luka Jović (* 1997), Serbian football player
- Luka Juhart (* 1982), Slovenian musician
- Luka Karabatic (* 1988), French handball player
- Luka Kostić (* 1958), Yugoslav-Icelandic football player
- Luka Lenič (* 1988), Slovenian chess grandmaster
- Luka Milivojević (* 1991), Serbian football player
- Luka Modrić (* 1985), Croatian football player
- Luka Novosel (* 1983), Croatian ice hockey player
- Luka Pejović (* 1985), Montenegrin football player
- Luka Rasikashvili (1868–1915), Georgian writer and natural philosopher, see Wascha-Pschawela
- Luka Romero (* 2004), Argentinian-Mexican-Spanish soccer player
- Luka Sorkočević (1734–1789), diplomat and composer in the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik)
- Luka Štor (* 1998), Slovenian football player
- Luka Tošič (* 1988), Slovenian ice hockey player
- Luka Tankulic (* 1991), German-Croatian soccer player
- Luka Vučko (* 1984), Croatian football player
- Luka Žagar (* 1978), Slovenian-Croatian ice hockey player
- Luka Žorić (* 1984), Croatian basketball player
- Luka Žvižej (* 1980), Slovenian handball player
