Luca (given name)
Luca (or Luka) 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. Luca is common in Italian, Romanian, and Maltese.[1] Luka is encountered in Georgian, Russian, Slovene, Serbian, Montenegrin and Croatian.[2] The name is common among Christians as a result of Luke the Evangelist.
Luca is also a Hungarian female given name, the equivalent of the English Lucy.
List of people with the given name Luca
- Luca Belcastro, Italian composer
- Luca Caputi, Canadian ice hockey player
- Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, President of Ferrari
- Luca della Robbia, Sculptor
- Luca Pacioli, considered the father of double-entry accounting
- Luca "Lazylegz" Patuelli, Canadian hip hop dancer
- Luca Prodan, Argentine musician
- Luca Sbisa, Swiss ice hockey player
- Luca Toni, 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, 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
- Luca D'Isanto, a neapolitan nanetto and bimbominchia
List of people with the given name Luka
- Fictional people
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