Meaning of the nameLuca

Luca is a masculine name, the Italian form of Lucas, from Greek Loukas, which probably means 'native of Lucania', a region of southern Italy.

Meaning

“probably 'from Lucania', a region of southern Italy”

Source: Behind the Name: Luke

People (2022): 24,507
Rank in Brazil: #931
Median age: 8 years
2010 Census: 11,083; people

Luca in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Luca, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (9,346 people).

279 women 24,228 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Luca is most common

States with the highest share of people named Luca in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	9,289	0.021%
Minas Gerais	2,842	0.014%
Rio de Janeiro	2,074	0.013%
Paraná	1,423	0.012%
Rio Grande do Sul	1,334	0.012%
Bahia	1,188	0.008%
Santa Catarina	1,092	0.014%
Goiás	640	0.009%
Distrito Federal	599	0.021%
Pernambuco	541	0.006%
Ceará	465	0.005%
Pará	420	0.005%
Espírito Santo	410	0.011%
Amazonas	309	0.008%
Maranhão	265	0.004%
Mato Grosso	229	0.006%
Mato Grosso do Sul	225	0.008%
Rio Grande do Norte	195	0.006%
Alagoas	193	0.006%
Paraíba	182	0.005%
Sergipe	153	0.007%
Piauí	127	0.004%
Rondônia	98	0.006%
Tocantins	65	0.004%
Amapá	62	0.008%
Roraima	48	0.008%
Acre	39	0.005%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Luca

Behind the Name gives Luca as the Italian and Romanian form of Lucas, and Wiktionary traces Italian Luca to Latin Lūcās, which comes from Greek Loukâs. According to Behind the Name, the Greek name is probably a shortened form of Loukanos, 'from Lucania', but it may also derive from Latin Lucius. It is the name of the evangelist Luke, to whom tradition attributes the third gospel of the New Testament. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 24,507 people named Luca, with a median age of 8; almost all were born from the 1990s on and, proportionally, the name is most common in the Distrito Federal.

Spelling with a single c, that of the Italian form recorded by Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

Other spellings of Luca

Spelling	People (2022)
Lucca	40,407
Luca	24,507

Sources

Wiktionary: Luca · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Luca · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Luke · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Lucas · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Wiktionary: Lucca · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Luca

What does the name Luca mean?

Luca means “probably 'from Lucania', a region of southern Italy”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Luca in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 24,507 people with the first name Luca, which ranks it number 931 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Luca a boy's or a girl's name?

Luca is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 279 women and 24,228 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Luca?

Luca is a name of Greek, Latin and Italian origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Luca most common?

Proportionally, in Distrito Federal: 0.021% of the state's population is named Luca (599 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Luca?

Lucca. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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