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Luca

Say it LOO-kuh 2 syllables

Italian · “a man from Lucania”

Loved across the UK, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and 7 more places. Common across Italy, three Canadian provinces, Austria, and 9 more places. Rare in France, Poland, Israel, and 2 more places.

1 in 83 boys born in England and Wales in 2025. Number 4 there.

Luca in every place

Rank, count and share in all 40 places: loved in 12, common in 14, rare in 5.
Luca in every place we hold figures for
Place Rankyear Boysshare 5 years earlier
British Isles
England and Wales4 (up)20253,2661 in 83452020
Scotland2 (up)20253021 in 65432020
Northern Ireland8 (up)20251041 in 80562020
Ireland11 (up)20252601 in 91612020
North America
Ontario (province)15 (up)2024389about 1 in 154492019
Quebec (province)43 (up)2025130about 1 in 2231002020
British Columbia (province)13 (up)202396about 1 in 136682018
Nova Scotia (province)Not in the published top 212025Not listed2020
Oceania
New South Wales (state)4 (up)2025393272020
Victoria (state)7 (up)2025315282020
Queensland (state)7 (up)2025273322020
South Australia (state)6 (up)202580242020
New Zealand2 (up)2025236222020
Western Europe
France171 (up)20253401 in 8901772020
Netherlands3 (up)2025702about 1 in 95152020
Central Europe
Austria24 (up)20252981 in 128252020
Switzerland5 (down)20252631 in 13742020
Berlin (city)12 (up)2023114about 1 in 136242018
Munich (city)15 (up)202555about 1 in 79262020
Cologne (city)6 (up)202359about 1 in 108222018
Bonn (city)21 (down)202521about 1 in 151172020
Leipzig (city)25 (up)202516about 1 in 180422020
Rostock (city)15 (up)20258about 1 in 131212020
Nordic countries
Norway60 (up)20251141 in 2041792020
Sweden166 (up)202561about 1 in 7073102020
Denmark28 (new in the list)2025253Not listed2020
FinlandNot in the published top 502025No list2020
IcelandNot in the published top 102025No list2020
Southern Europe
Spain13 (up)20241,533442019
Catalonia (region)9 (up)20252981 in 69282020
Italy37 (down)20241,0941 in 173252019
Central and Eastern Europe
Poland305 (down)2025131 in 9,7232782020
HungaryNot in the published top 1002025Not listed2020
SloveniaRare: below the complete list2025Not listed2020
EstoniaNot in the published top 272025Not listed2020
Moscow (city)Not in the published top 612025Not listed2020
CroatiaNot in the published top 502025No list2020
Middle East
TurkeyNot in the published top 302025Not listed2020
Israel (published as לוקה)699 (down)20249about 1 in 9,4556252019
Latin America
ArgentinaNot in the published top 202024Not listed2019

Germany publishes no national list; the German rows are city registers. Israel publishes names in Hebrew script; the original is shown beside the name. About: the publisher leaves out its smallest names, so the share is approximate. ▲ and ▼ compare the rank with five years earlier. Not listed five years earlier: not in that year’s list. No list: the place published no list that year. How these figures are computed.

About the name

In Italian, the name English knows as Luke becomes Luca. It comes from Latin Lūcās and Greek Loukâs, and the meaning given for it is 'a man from Lucania'. The Greek name may also have grown as a pet form of Loukios, the Latin Lucius.

2 more paragraphs

Said LOO-kuh, it has two syllables and an easy, open ending that works in many languages. The same root gives Luke, Luka, Lucas, Luuk, Lukas and Luc.

Luca has become a favourite well beyond Italy. It ranks just below the top in Scotland and New Zealand, sits high in England and Wales, and does nearly as well in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Catalonia. It is rising in most of the places that record it, while French records put its peak in the late 2000s.

Meaning, origin and how to say it

Say it
LOO-kuh · 2 syllables · Stress on beat 1 of 2.
Meaning
“a man from Lucania”
Origin
Italian
Related names
Luke, Luka, Lucas, Luuk, Luukas, Lukasz, Lukas, Lucca, Lucius, Luc, Loukas, Lucjusz
Where Luca comes from (Wiktionary)

Borrowed from Italian Luca, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), hypocoristic of Λούκιος (Loúkios) (from Latin Lūcius) or Λουκανός (Loukanós) or both with -ᾶς (-âs).

Shortened from the Wiktionary entry for Luca. Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Luca over time

Rising in 20 of the 27 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 1. Peak in France: 2009.

Rank in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025

Luca in England and Wales: #300 in 1996, rising to a peak of #4 in 2025.

#1#10#50#100#300200020052010201520202025Top 101996: #300, 83 boys1997: #263, 107 boys1998: #208, 152 boys1999: #179, 191 boys2000: #139, 272 boys2001: #117, 374 boys2002: #104, 473 boys2003: #98, 536 boys2004: #95, 586 boys2005: #83, 784 boys2006: #81, 826 boys2007: #72, 999 boys2008: #74, 974 boys2009: #72, 936 boys2010: #70, 953 boys2011: #64, 982 boys2012: #61, 1,117 boys2013: #60, 1,034 boys2014: #58, 1,101 boys2015: #53, 1,167 boys2016: #52, 1,144 boys2017: #55, 1,171 boys2018: #51, 1,291 boys2019: #49, 1,306 boys2020: #45, 1,323 boys2021: #28, 1,807 boys2022: #12, 2,625 boys2023: #7, 3,195 boys2024: #7, 2,814 boys2025: #4, 3,266 boys#300 in 1996#4in 2025
Show the numbers
YearRankBoys
199630083
1997263107
1998208152
1999179191
2000139272
2001117374
2002104473
200398536
200495586
200583784
200681826
200772999
200874974
200972936
201070953
201164982
2012611,117
2013601,034
2014581,101
2015531,167
2016521,144
2017551,171
2018511,291
2019491,306
2020451,323
2021281,807
2022122,625
202373,195
202472,814
202543,266

Source: Office for National Statistics (OGL v3)

The long view: in France

Half of the boys named Luca in France since 1925 were born in or after 2008. Peak: 2009, about 218 per 100,000 boys. Babies per 100,000 boys, five-year periods.

1925-1929: 0 per 100,000 boys1930-1934: 0 per 100,000 boys1935-1939: 0 per 100,000 boys1940-1944: 0 per 100,000 boys19401945-1949: 0 per 100,000 boys1950-1954: 0.2 per 100,000 boys1955-1959: 0.2 per 100,000 boys1960-1964: 1.1 per 100,000 boys19601965-1969: 1.3 per 100,000 boys1970-1974: 1.6 per 100,000 boys1975-1979: 1.8 per 100,000 boys1980-1984: 1.7 per 100,000 boys19801985-1989: 7.1 per 100,000 boys1990-1994: 29.4 per 100,000 boys1995-1999: 103.8 per 100,000 boys2000-2004: 163.5 per 100,000 boys20002005-2009: 184.8 per 100,000 boys2010-2014: 156.7 per 100,000 boys2015-2019: 122.4 per 100,000 boys2020-2024: 123.3 per 100,000 boys20202025: 112.3 per 100,000 boys20252005-2009: about 1 in 541 boys
Show the numbers
YearsPer 100,000 boys
1925–19290
1930–19340
1935–19390
1940–19440
1945–19490
1950–19540.2
1955–19590.2
1960–19641.1
1965–19691.3
1970–19741.6
1975–19791.8
1980–19841.7
1985–19897.1
1990–199429.4
1995–1999103.8
2000–2004163.5
2005–2009184.8
2010–2014156.7
2015–2019122.4
2020–2024123.3
2025112.3

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0). Dark bar: the period holding the median birth year.

Brothers and middle names for Luca

Brother names

Names that rose and fell with Luca, from the same generation, with no clashing sounds.

  1. 1 in 29, Italy

  2. 1 in 113, England and Wales

  3. 1 in 124, Ireland

  4. 1 in 83, England and Wales

  5. 1 in 76, Ireland

  6. 1 in 67, Northern Ireland

  7. 1 in 46, England and Wales

  8. 1 in 64, Catalonia

  9. 1 in 97, England and Wales

  10. 1 in 86, England and Wales

All 40 brother names for Luca

Middle names

Scored for rhythm against Luca's 2 syllables and for long, steady use.

  1. 1 in 50, Ireland

  2. 1 in 61, Northern Ireland

  3. 1 in 103, England and Wales

  4. 1 in 62, Poland

  5. 1 in 86, England and Wales

  6. 1 in 88, England and Wales

  7. 1 in 137, Scotland

  8. 1 in 224, Northern Ireland

Full-name check

Luca Jack

Syllables 2-1Initials L.J.No sound clashes between the parts.

All 40 middle names for Luca

Sisters for Luca: Sofia, Ella, Lily, and 5 more
  1. SofiaRose and fell with Luca · Same generation as Luca
  2. EllaRose and fell with Luca · Same generation as Luca
  3. LilyRose and fell with Luca · Same generation as Luca · Same initial as Luca
  4. AvaRose and fell with Luca · Same generation as Luca
  5. BellaRose and fell with Luca · Same generation as Luca
  6. IsabellaRose and fell with Luca · Same generation as Luca
  7. AmeliaRose and fell with Luca · Same generation as Luca
  8. ChloeRose and fell with Luca · Same generation as Luca

Girls' names from the same engine, over the girls' lists of the same publishers.

Moved with Luca

The boy names whose popularity rose and fell most like Luca's across every region and decade we hold.

  1. Loved across France, the UK, Canada, and 19 more places.

  2. Common across France, the UK, three Nordic countries, and 11 more places.

  3. Common across three Canadian provinces, Israel, Sweden, and 10 more places.

  4. Common across France, the UK, three Canadian provinces, and 8 more places.

  5. Common in France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and 14 more places.

  6. Common across France, the UK, Italy, and 17 more places.

  7. Rare in France, Italy, Poland, and 13 more places.

  8. Rare in France, Israel, the Netherlands, and 13 more places.

Famous people named Luca

Luca Pacioli, Luca Toni, and 6 more

From Wikidata, ranked by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article on them. People: Wikidata (CC0). Links go to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists, else English.

Questions about Luca

How popular is Luca in Scotland?

Luca ranked #2 in Scotland in 2025, given to 302 boys, about 1 in 65.

Is Luca rising in popularity?

Yes, in most of the places we can check. Rising in 20 of the 27 regions we can compare over five years, falling in 1. Rising in: New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and 15 other regions.

What does Luca mean?

Luca means “a man from Lucania”, according to Wiktionary.

How many syllables does Luca have?

Luca has 2 syllables: LOO-kuh.

Every rank and count on this page comes from an official birth register. How these figures are computed.

Meanings, origins and people: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikidata (CC0).

The 42 birth registers behind these figures

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