LUCA  

Gender: F
Origin: Italian variation of LUKE

Very much a boy's name in Italy, it's beginning to be seen as a unisex possibility here: actress Jennie Garth used it for her daughter.

Luca is being discussed in our message boards:

• Thirteen Kids (and counting..?)!
• Niko
• Drop two add one B-B twins
• what if you had 20 kids?
• Best of British - some Telegraph birth announcements

Read Nameberry blog posts about Luca:

• EXOTIC LITE: Boys' Edition
• TOP ENGLISH BOYS' NAMES
• EMMA'S DAUGHTERS
• THE SOFTER SIDE OF BOYS' NAMES
• L NAMES TO LOVE