Luca

Meaning and origin of Luca

Popularity of Luca in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2009.
• Over recent years, Luca has been stable (−0.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Luca every 5 schools, all spellings combined.

Luca in English-speaking countries

Luca ranks 2^nd in Scotland, 3^rd in New Zealand and 7^th in England and Wales, against 183^rd in France.

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  2^nd boys’ name901 babies in 3 years1 boy in 67+24.7% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  3^rd boys’ name636 babies in 3 years1 boy in 77+12.8% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  9^th boys’ name321 babies in 3 years1 boy in 79+23.6% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  7^th boys’ name9,275 babies in 3 years1 boy in 89+21% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  16^th boys’ name665 babies in 3 years1 boy in 108+19.4% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  17^th boys’ name290 babies in 3 years1 boy in 154+15.5% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  18^th boys’ name1,094 babies in 3 years1 boy in 155+12.5% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  19^th boys’ name24,560 babies in 3 years1 boy in 209+14.6% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Luca and Lùca are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Lùca25
• Luka625
• Lucca95
• Lüka25
• Lùka20
• Lucka15

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Luca

• Lino
• Loris
• Pio
• Lorenzo
• Orso
• Livio
• Paolo
• Marco
• Roméo
• Fabio
• Lélio
• Emilio

See also

• →French names of Latin origin