Meaning of Luca

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.

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October 18: Saint Luke the Evangelist - Apostle

In Italy about 150535 people are called Luca
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