Name	Luca
Gender	Male
Meaning	Short form of Lucanus, name of Latin origin that means “native of the Lucania” (today's Basilicata). It can even be drifted back to the Greek Leucos with the meaning of “luminous, white man” or to the Greek word Lyke with the meaning of “brightness, dawn”; or still the Latin verb lucere, “to dawn”, thus with the meaning “born with the light”. In the ancient Rome the children born at the first sunlight were called with this name.
English translation/equivalent	Luke
Spanish translation/equivalent	Lucas
French translation/equivalent	Luc
German translation/equivalent	Lukas
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Popularity in Italy	LUCA - Italian Name Maps