Luca

Meanings

1. A male given name from Italian, borrowed in the 2000s.
2. A female given name.

1. Alternative letter-case form of LUCA.

1. Initialism of last universal common ancestor; the hypothesised most recent primordial organism that is an ancestor to all organisms now living.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Luca, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs), hypocoristic of Λούκιος (Loúkios) (from Latin Lūcius m) or Λουκανός (Loukanós) or both with -ᾶς (-âs). As a female given name, used in Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian as an equivalent of Lucy (ultimately of same origin, from Latin Lūcia f), but English usage is influenced by the male given name, similar Lucas, Luke, and the feminine ending -a.