The name Luke is dates back to the 2nd century as a Middle English colloquial form of the name Lucas.

Luca meaning of baby name. Italian Names Unisex Names. Luca - Boys name meaning origin and popularity BabyCenter. Meant for a person from Lucania an ancient area of southern Italy.

English form of the Greek name Loukas. I love that its only 4. Alternatively some believe that this name is derived from the Greek Loukas a contraction of Loukanos.

It is a combination of names Gian and Luca and means A Gift of God Born Under the Sunrise Gianluca is an Italian male name. The names popularity has been increasing since the 1990s. Since Luca entered the boys names US.

BabyCenter is committed to providing the most helpful and trustworthy pregnancy and parenting information in the world. While it has been a wildly popular boys name in Italy it didnt start getting a following in the US until 2000. The name Luca is a boys name of Italian origin meaning man from Lucania.

It is the Italian variation of. The Given Name Luca. Name Luca Categories The name Luca is in the following categories.

Popularity list in 2000 it has shot up in popularity. Finally the name derives from the proto-Indo-European root. See also the related categories latin italian and hungarian.