Luca is a

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used predominantly for males, mainly in

Latin America Latin America or * french: Amérique Latine, link=no * ht, Amerik Latin, link=no * pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = '' Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , ...

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

. It is derived from the Latin name Lucas. It may also come from the Latin word "lucus" meaning "sacred wood" (a cognate of lucere). The name is common among Christians as a result of

Luke the Evangelist Luke the Evangelist (Latin: '' Lucas''; grc, Λουκᾶς, '' Loukâs''; he, לוקאס, ''Lūqās''; arc, /ܠܘܩܐ לוקא, ''Lūqā’; Ge'ez: ሉቃስ'') is one of the Four Evangelists—the four traditionally ascribed authors of t ...

. Notable people bearing the name include: *

Luca Arbore Luca Arbore or Arbure ( Old Cyrillic: ; Renaissance Latin: ''Herborus'' Nicolae Iorga, "Cronică", in ''Revista Istorică'', Issues 7–9/1934, p. 291 or ''Copacius''; died April 1523) was a Moldavian boyar, diplomat, and statesman, several times c ...

(1486–1523), Moldavian statesman *

Luca Attanasio Luca Attanasio (23 May 1977 – 22 February 2021) was an Italian diplomat who served as the ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 2017 until his murder there in 2021. Early life Attanasio was born on 23 May 1977 in Saronno, L ...

(1977–2021), Italian diplomat *

Luca Badoer Luca Badoer (born 25 January 1971) is an Italian former racing driver. Badoer has raced for the Scuderia Italia, Minardi, Forti and most recently, Ferrari teams. In addition to his racing duties, Badoer was one of the active test and reserve driv ...

(born 1971) Italian racing driver * Luca Badr (born 1992), Egyptian football player * Luca Belcastro (born 1964), Italian composer *

Luca Caputi Gianluca Caputi (born October 1, 1988) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current head coach with the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League. Playing career Junior hockey Mississauga/Niagara IceDogs (2004–2008) C ...

(born 1988), Canadian ice hockey player *

Luca Caragiale Luca Ion Caragiale (; also known as Luki, Luchi or Luky Caragiale; 3 July 1893 – 7 June 1921) was a Romanian poet, novelist and translator, whose contributions were a synthesis of Symbolism, Parnassianism and modernist literature. His career, ...

(1893–1921), Romanian poet *

Luca Ciriani Luca Ciriani (born 26 January 1967) is an Italian politician who is the group leader of the Brothers of Italy grouping in the Senate of the Republic. He will be succeeding Federico D'Incà as Minister for Parliamentary Relations in the Melon ...

(born 1967), Italian politician *

Luca Cordero di Montezemolo Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (; born 31 August 1947) is an Italian businessman, former Chairman of Ferrari, and formerly Chairman of Fiat S.p.A. and President of Confindustria and FIEG. He comes from an aristocratic family from the region of Piedmo ...

(born 1947), Italian businessman and former President of Ferrari *

Luca Cunti Luca Cunti (born July 4, 1989) is a Swiss professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for EHC Biel in the National League (NL). He previously played for the SCL Tigers, the ZSC Lions, EHC Kloten and HC Lugano. He was selected by t ...

(born 1989), Swiss ice hockey player *

Luca Dalmonte Luca Dalmonte (born 3 October 1963) is an Italian professional basketball coach, currently serving as the head coach of Fortitudo Bologna in Lega Serie A2. From 2013-2015 he was head coach of Virtus Roma in Italy's Lega Basket Serie A and has a ...

(born 1963), Italian basketball coach *

Luca De Carlo Luca De Carlo (born 7 August 1972) is an Italian politician. Political career He was elected to the Italian Senate in a by-election in Villafranca di Verona held in September 2020 to succeed Stefano Bertacco who died in June. De Carlo is the ...

(born 1972), Italian politician *

Luca Engstler Luca Engstler (born 8 March 2000) is a German racing driver currently competing in the WTCR and ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship. Having previously competed in the TCR Middle East Touring Car Series and ADAC Formula 4 amongst others. ...

(born 2000), German racing driver *

Luca Giordano Luca Giordano (18 October 1634 – 3 January 1705) was an Italian late-Baroque painter and printmaker in etching. Fluent and decorative, he worked successfully in Naples and Rome, Florence, and Venice, before spending a decade in Spain. Earl ...

(1634–1705), Italian painter *

Luca Guadagnino Luca Guadagnino (; born 10 August 1971) is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. His films are often characterized by their emotional complexities, sensuality and sumptuous visuals. He is also known for his frequent collaboration ...

(born 1971), Italian film director *

Luca Margaroli Luca Margaroli (born 15 February 1992) is a Swiss tennis player. Margaroli has a career high ATP singles ranking of 692, achieved on 23 October 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 128 achieved on 6 June 2019. Margaroli made ...

(born 1992), Swiss tennis player * Luca Napolitano (born 1982), Italian singer *

Luca Pacioli Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes ''Paccioli'' or ''Paciolo''; 1447 – 19 June 1517) was an Italian mathematician, Franciscan friar, collaborator with Leonardo da Vinci, and an early contributor to the field now known as accounting ...

(1447–1517), Italian mathematician *

Luca Parmitano Colonel Luca Parmitano (born 27 September 1976 in Paternò, Sicily) is an Italian astronaut in the European Astronaut Corps for the European Space Agency (ESA). He was selected as an ESA astronaut in May 2009. Parmitano is also a Colonel and ...

(born 1976), Italian astronaut * Luca "Luke" Pasqualino (born 1990), British actor * Luca "Lazylegz" Patuelli (born 1984), Canadian breakdancer *

Luca Prodan Luca Prodan (17 May 1953 – 22 December 1987) was an Italian- Argentinian musician and singer who rose to fame as the leading vocalist of Sumo, one of the most influential rock bands of Argentina,''Argentina Independent''Lo de Luca: Homage to a ...

(1953–1987), Italian musician *

Luca Ragazzi Luca Ragazzi (born 20 February 1971) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, journalist and actor. Biography After studying Letters and Philosophy at Sapienza University in Rome, in 1996 Luca Ragazzi became a journalist and a film crit ...

(born 1971), Italian film director, screenwriter, journalist, and actor. *

Luca Rangoni Luca Rangoni (born 23 September 1968 in Bologna) is an Italian auto racing driver. He is a married man with one son. Early career Like many racing drivers, Rangoni's first taste of racing was in karts, where he spent four years. He made his deb ...

(born 1968), Italian racing driver * Luca Ranieri (born 1999), Italian football player * Luca Ravanelli (born 1997), Italian football player * Luca Righini (born 1990), Italian football player * Luca Rigoni (born 1984), Italian football player * Luca Rizzo (born 1992), Italian football player *

Luca della Robbia Luca della Robbia (, also , ; 1399/1400–1482) was an Italian Renaissance sculptor from Florence. Della Robbia is noted for his colorful, tin-glazed terracotta statuary, a technique which he invented and passed on to his nephew Andrea dell ...

(1399–1482), Italian sculptor *

Luca Romagnoli Luca Romagnoli (born 12 September 1961 in Rome) is an Italian politician and former Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy with the neo-fascist party Tricolour Flame, being a Non-Inscrit (for a short time, ITS group member) in the ...

(born 1961), Italian politician * Luca Ronconi (1933–2015), Italian actor, theater director, and opera director * Luca Rossettini (born 1985), Italian football player * Luca Sbisa (born 1990), Swiss ice hockey player *

Luca Toni Luca Toni (; born 26 May 1977) is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer, Toni scored over 300 goals throughout his career, and is one of the top-five highest scoring Italians in all competition ...

(born 1977), Italian football player *

Luca Turilli Luca Turilli (born 5 March 1972) is an Italian composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist constantly engaged in various musical projects. Having always declared to love music at 360 degrees, Turilli has dedicated himself to multip ...

(born 1972), Italian musician and composer * Luca Wackermann (born 1992), Italian cyclist * Luca Waldschmidt (born 1996), German football player *

Luca Ward Luca Ward (born 31 July 1960) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Ostia, which is in Rome and the oldest child of actor Aleardo Ward and the older brother of Andrea and Monica Ward, Ward made his debut appearance on televisi ...

(born 1960), Italian actor * Luca Zidane (born 1998), French football player

Fictional characters

* Luca Abele, a major antagonist in the video game ''

Dishonored 2 ''Dishonored 2'' is a 2016 action-adventure video game developed by Arkane Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. It is the sequel to 2012's '' Dishonored''. After Empress Emily Kaldw ...

'' * Luca Balsa, a playable survivor in the Chinese horror game ''

Identity V ''Identity V'' is a free-to-play asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror game developed and published by Chinese company NetEase. It was released in July 2018 for mobile devices. It is available on the iOS App Store, Android Google Pla ...

'' * Luca Blight, a major antagonist in the video game ''

Suikoden II is a role-playing video game developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation video game console and the second installment of the ''Suikoden'' video game series. It was released in late 1998 in Japan, 1999 in North America, and in 2000 in E ...

'' * Luca Brasi, in the novel ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling 1969 novel of the same title. The film stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caa ...

'' and the film adaptation * Luca Esposito, in the manga and anime ''

Astra Lost in Space is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kenta Shinohara. It was serialized online from May 2016 to December 2017 via Shueisha's ''Shōnen Jump+'' website/app. It was collected in five ''tankōbon'' volume. Viz Media published ...

'' * Luca Lomans, a recurring character in the Belgian series ''

wtFOCK ''WtFOCK'' (stylised as ''wtFOCK'') is a Belgian teen drama web series broadcast by VIER and VIJF that follows the lives of teenagers in Antwerp. It is an adaption of the popular Norwegian series '' SKAM''. By the end of the first series, around ...

'' *

Luca McIntyre Luca McIntyre is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera '' Doctors'', portrayed by Ross McLaren. Luca is introduced to the series on 24 February 2021 following the departure of nurse Ayesha Lee (Laura Rollins) the year prior. McLaren's ...

, a series regular in the soap opera '' Doctors'' * Luca Paguro, the titular main character of the 2021

Pixar Pixar Animation Studios (commonly known as Pixar () and stylized as P I X A R) is an American computer animation studio known for its critically and commercially successful computer animated feature films. It is based in Emeryville, Californ ...

film '' Luca'' * Luca Raregroove, a major enemy in the Japanese manga–anime series ''

Rave Master ''Rave Master'', titled just ''Rave'' and, alternatively, ''The Groove Adventure Rave'' in Japan, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The series follows Haru Glory, a teenager on a quest to find the five fra ...

'' * Luca (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's), from the ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's'' anime series * Luca (''Final Fantasy'' character), the princess of the Dwarves in the video game ''Final Fantasy IV'' * Luca, in the video game ''

Angry Birds Stella ''Angry Birds Stella'', also known as ''Angry Birds Slingshot Stella'', is a puzzle video game and the second spin-off from the ''Angry Birds'' series, developed by Rovio Entertainment. The game was marketed to females by using characters that ha ...

'' * Luca, a minor antagonist in the anime series ''

Tweeny Witches A between maid (nickname tweeny, also called hall girl particularly in the United States) was a female junior domestic worker in a large household with many staff. The position became largely defunct in the 20th century, as few households needed o ...

'' * Luca, one of the main cast in the mobile game series ''

Dragalia Lost ''Dragalia Lost'' was an action role-playing game developed by Cygames and published by Nintendo, for Android and iOS. It was initially released in September 2018, and was later released in other regions. The game received mixed reviews fro ...

'' * Luca, a supporting character from the rebooted ''

Planet of the Apes ''Planet of the Apes'' is an American science fiction media franchise consisting of films, books, television series, comics, and other media about a world in which humans and intelligent apes clash for control. The franchise is based on Frenc ...

'' film franchise (2011–2017) * Luca, a green octopus in the 2004 animated film ''

Shark Tale ''Shark Tale'' is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures. The film was directed by Vicky Jenson, Bibo Bergeron, and Rob Letterman (in his feature directorial de ...

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