Luca is a common male given name derived from Latin name Lucas, translation of Ancient Greek Loukas (Λουκᾶς). Luca and Luka are cognate of name Luke

Luke

Luke is a male given name, and less commonly, a surname.The name Luke is derived from the Latin name , from an Ancient Greek , meaning "man from Lucania". The earliest known recording of the name is from the Bible, The Gospel of Luke, which was written around AD 70 to 90, and it is from here...

. Luca is common in Italian, Romanian, and Maltese. Luka is encountered in Georgian, Russian, Slovene, Serbian, Montenegrin and Croatian. The name is common among Christians as a result of Luke the Evangelist

Luke the Evangelist

Luke the Evangelist was an Early Christian writer whom Church Fathers such as Jerome and Eusebius said was the author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles...

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Luca is also a Hungarian female given name, the equivalent of the English Lucy

Lucy

Lucy is an English and French feminine given name derived from Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning as of light . Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Lucie...

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List of people with the given name Luca

• Luca Belcastro
  Luca Belcastro
  Luca Belcastro is an Italian composer of classical music.He graduated in Classical guitar and in Composition, with the highest grade. He attended specialization courses with Azio Corghi at the Accademia G...
  
  , Italian composer
• Luca Caputi
  Luca Caputi
  Gianluca Caputi is a Canadian professional ice hockey player currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League . Luca grew up in Maple, Ontario, a suburban community northor the same team for four seasons, even after the Mississauga IceDogs moved and became the Niagara...
  
  , Canadian ice hockey player
• Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, President of Ferrari
• Luca della Robbia
  Luca della Robbia
  Luca della Robbia was an Italian sculptor from Florence, noted for his terra-cotta roundels.Luca Della Robbia developed a pottery glaze that made his creations more durable in the outdoors and thus suitable for use on the exterior of buildings. His work is noted for its charm rather than the drama...
  
  , Sculptor
• Luca Pacioli
  Luca Pacioli
  Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and seminal contributor to the field now known as accounting...
  
  , considered the father of double-entry accounting
• Luca "Lazylegz" Patuelli
  Luca Patuelli
  Luca Patuelli , nicknamed Lazylegz, is a Canadian b-boy.He was born with Arthrogryposis , a muscle disorder which affects his legs....
  
  , Canadian hip hop dancer
• Luca Prodan
  Luca Prodan
  Luca Prodan was a Scottish musician.He was the son of an Italian father and a Scottish mother, born in Rome after the return of the Prodan family from China, where Luca's father had set up a prosperous business becoming an expert in ancient Chinese pottery, because of the Japanese invasion...
  
  , Argentine musician
• Luca Sbisa
  Luca Sbisa
  Luca Sbisa is an Italian-born Swiss ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League .-Early life:...
  
  , Swiss ice hockey player
• Luca Toni
  Luca Toni
  Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...
  
  , Italian football player
• Luca Turilli, Italian musician and composer

Fictional people

• Luca, a minor character in the video game Final Fantasy IV
• Luca Blight, one of the major antagonists in the video game Suikoden II
• Luca Brasi
  Luca Brasi
  Luca Brasi is a fictional character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, as well as its 1972 film adaptation .-In the novel and film:In The Godfather, Luca Brasi is one of Don Vito Corleone's personal enforcers...
  
  , a fictional character from the film and novel The Godfather
• Luca Raregroove, a major enemy in the Japanese manga–anime series Rave Master
• Lucca, a character in the video game Chrono Trigger

List of people with the given name Luka

• Luka Modrić
  Luka Modric
  Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...
  
  , a Croatian football player

Fictional people

• Luka Kovač
  Luka Kovac
  Dr. Luka Kovač is a fictional character on the television series ER portrayed by Goran Visnjic. Visnjic's character was added to the cast at the beginning of Season 6 following the mid-season 5 departure of leading character Dr. Doug Ross, played by George Clooney.Luka Kovač is an emergency room...
  
  , a character in the television series ER
• Luka, a character in the video game Bayonetta
  Bayonetta
  is a hack and slash action game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 developed by Platinum Games in cooperation with publisher Sega. Set in a fictional city in Europe, the game centers on its title character, Bayonetta, who uses pistols and magical attacks to defeat enemies...
  
  
• Luka, a character in the manga/anime Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru
  Uragiri wa Boku no Namae o Shitteiru
  , also known as UraBoku, is the title of a Shōjo manga by Odagiri Hotaru. It premiered in the Shōjo magazine Monthly Asuka in October 2005. An anime adaptation began on April 2010 on Chiba TV.-Story:...
  
  

See also

• Luca (disambiguation)
• Luca (surname)
  Luca (surname)
  Luca, De Luca and Di Luca are common Italian surnames, derived from Latin name Lucas.Luca may refer to:-People:* Ciro de Luca, Austrian comedian and actor* Danilo Di Luca, Italian cyclist* Erri De Luca, Italian author...
  
  
• Luka (disambiguation)
• Luke
  Luke
  Luke is a male given name, and less commonly, a surname.The name Luke is derived from the Latin name , from an Ancient Greek , meaning "man from Lucania". The earliest known recording of the name is from the Bible, The Gospel of Luke, which was written around AD 70 to 90, and it is from here...
  
  
• Lucas (disambiguation)