Do You Like the Name "Luca" For a Girl?
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Do You Like the Name "Luca" For a Girl?
| Tue, 04-06-2004 - 11:33am |
Do You Like the Name "Luca" For a Girl? Pronouned Luke-ah!
I love it
I like it
I absolutely hate it
it sounds like a boys name
i like it but would spell it differently
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Edited 4/6/2004 11:51 am ET ET by chiarajl

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Michelle :)
So it was very bizzarre to see your post,, We never mentioned the name Luca to him.
Best of luck to you.
Chick X
got this from behindthename.com
LUCA (1) m Italian
Italian form of LUKE. This name was borne by Luca della Robbia, a Renaissance sculptor from Florence.
LUCA (2) f Hungarian
Hungarian feminine form of LUCIUS
There are so many gorgeous Italian girl's names out there, I wonder what it is about Luca that has your DH stuck on it? The sound of Luca is rather masculine to American ears, and almost everyone has the Suzanne Vega song "My name is Luca" as a reference.. the song, in which a little BOY named Luca, is physically abused..
Anyhow.. here are some pretty Italian alternatives..
ADELINA
ADRIANA*
ALBINA
ALESSA
ALESSANDRA*
ANGELICA
ANNABELLA
ANTONELLA
ARABELLA*
AURELIA*
BEATRICE
CAMILLA
CAPRICE
CAROLINA
CATERINA
CECILIA
CELESTINA*
CLEMENTINA
DAMIANA*
DARIA
DONATELLA
ELENA
ELEONORA
ELETTRA
ELIANA*
EMILIA
EMILIANA
EVA
EVELINA*
FAUSTINA
FELICIA
FELICIANA
FIAMMETTA*
FLORENTINA
FRANCESCA*
GABRIELLA
GIANNA*
GINEVRA*
GIOVANNA
ILARIA
ISABELLA
ISIDORA*
LAURA*
LELIA
LIA*
LIANA*
LIVIA
LIVIANA
LUCIANA* (This is the feminine version of Luca, in Italy!)
MADDALENA
MARGHERITA
MARIANA
MARIETTA
MARINA*
MARISA*
MELANIA*
MILENA
MIRABELLA*
NATALIA
NERINA*
NOEMI*
ORIANA*
PAOLINA
PIA
PIERINA
RAFFAELLA*
ROSABELLA
ROSALIA*
ROSINA*
SABRINA*
SERAFINA*
SERENA*
SILVIA
SIMONE*
SOFIA
TATIANA*
VALENTINA*
VIOLA*
ZARA*
ZITA
the ones with the * next to them are ones I like particularly. :)
Maybe something here'll catch his eye..
Good Luck!
Devin
I agree wholeheartedly.. names & the history of them is tons of fun! I've always been fascinated by names.. where they come from, why they're invented (not all of them are celebratory), how they get used for who & where, how they travel and change. It's really awesome to follow a name back.
If you're interested in playing with onomastics (the history of names) try going to www.behindthename.com there's a whole bbs for "where did this name come from" sort of questions as well as the best collected database of names and their origns (which is where I found the Luca references.. then double checked them with a few Russo/Hungarian relatives.)
I don't mean to hijack this thread.. just had to comment. LOL
As for Luca, for a girl.. it's not unheard of per se..but rare. since Suzanne Vega's song, however, I'd settle in for a few years of explaining "she's a girl" since most people automatically think boy. It would also help if little Luca's dark haired/darker skinned than average.. since if she looks Swedish.. noone's ever going to believe "she's" Luca at first. :) For me, Luca'd have to be an 'I need to see her first' sort of name.. and I'd have a backup or two, just in case!
Just my thoughts..
Devin
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