Luca (given name)

Luca (also spelt Louca, Louka, Lucca) is a given name used predominantly for males, mainly in Latin America, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece, and Georgia. It is derived from the Latin name Lucas, which itself is derived from the Latin word "lux" (light). It may also come from the Latin word "lucus" meaning "sacred wood" (a cognate of lucere). The name is common among Christians as a result of Luke the Evangelist. Similarly, the name Luka is also commonly found as a male given name in Eastern Europe and particularly the Balkans with the name sharing the same origin. Luca is also a Hungarian and Croatian female given name, but pronounced differently as "LOO-tsah" the equivalent of the English name Lucy.

Luca/Luka

Pronunciation	Luca Italian: [ˈluːka] Romanian: [ˈluka] Luka Serbo-Croatian: [lûːka] Slovene: [ˈlùːka]
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Italian, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene
Name day	October 18
Origin
Meaning	Luke
Other names
Alternative spelling	Louca, Louka, Lucca
Related names	Luke, Luc, Lucas, Lukas, Łukasz

List of people with the given name Luca

• Luca Arbore, Moldavian statesman
• Luca Badoer, Italian motor racing driver
• Luca Badr, Egyptian football player
• Luca Belcastro, Italian composer
• Luca Caputi, Canadian ice hockey player
• Luca Caragiale, Romanian poet
• Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, President of Ferrari
• Luca Dalmonte, Italian basketball coach
• Luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor
• Luca Guadagnino, Italian film director
• Luca Margaroli, Swiss tennis player
• Luca Napolitano, Italian singer
• Luca Pacioli, Italian mathematician
• Luca Pascualino, English actor, credited as Luke Pasqualino
• Luca "Lazylegz" Patuelli, Canadian hip hop dancer
• Luca Prodan, Italian musician and leader of Argentine band Sumo
• Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player
• Luca Toni, Italian football player
• Luca Turilli, Italian musician and composer
• Luca Zidane, French football player

Fictional people

• Luca, the princess of the Dwarves in the video game Final Fantasy IV
• Luca Blight, one of the major antagonists in the video game Suikoden II
• Luca Abele, one of the major antagonists in the video game Dishonored 2
• Luca, a light blue Aphelocoma in Angry Birds Stella
• Luca Brasi, a fictional character from the film and novel The Godfather
• Luca Raregroove, a major enemy in the Japanese manga–anime series Rave Master
• Luca, one of the minor antagonists in the anime series Tweeny Witches
• Luca, one of the minor protagonists in the novel series, Throne of Glass

List of people with the given name Luka

• Luka (singer), Brazilian singer
• Luka Bogdanović, Serbian basketball player
• Luka Dončić (born 1999), Slovenian basketball player
• Luka Garza (born 1998), Bosnian–American basketball player
• Luka Jones (born Luka Yovetich), an American actor and comedian
• Luka Jović, Serbian footballer
• Luka Magnotta, a Canadian porn actor and murderer
• Luka Milivojević, Serbian footballer
• Luka Mitrović, Serbian basketball player
• Luka Modrić, Croatian football player
• Luka Perković (born in 1998, better known as Perkz), Croatian professional League of Legends player
• Luka Šulić, Croatian-Slovenian cellist, member of 2Cellos
• Luka Svetec, Slovenian liberal-conservative politician
• Luka Žorić, Croatian basketball player

Fictional people

• Luka Kovač, a character in the television series ER
• The protagonist of the 1987 Suzanne Vega song "Luka"
• Luka Couffaine, a character in the series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir that is interested in the female protagonist, Marinette Dupain-Cheng
• Luka Macken, a character in the anime Black Butler
• Luka Urushibara, a character in the visual novel Steins;Gate; Luka's name is sometimes translated as "Ruka"
• Megurine Luka/Luka Megurine, a Japanese Vocaloid developed by Crypton Future Media

See also

• Luca (disambiguation)
• Luca (surname)
• Luka (disambiguation)
• Lucas (disambiguation)

References