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I'm starting to like the sound of Luca on a girl. Do you think Luca would work on a girl, or should it only be masculine?
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No!!!
Luca pronounced 'LOO-kah' is a boy's name to me. The Hungarian form mentioned here is pronounced 'LOO-tzah' and is also used in Croatia as a nn for Lucija.
I'm really not a big fan of English speakers thinking that every name ending in -a for another language is female (and then they get outraged if someone names a girl Noah or Jeremiah).
Luca pronounced 'LOO-kah' is a boy's name to me. The Hungarian form mentioned here is pronounced 'LOO-tzah' and is also used in Croatia as a nn for Lucija.
I'm really not a big fan of English speakers thinking that every name ending in -a for another language is female (and then they get outraged if someone names a girl Noah or Jeremiah).
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I'm not sure - particularly on this site - that it can be assumed that all English speakers assume that if a name ends in 'a' it's feminine.
Luka and Luca (pronounced Loo-ka) are/have been used as diminutives of a number of girl's names over time - including Lucretia, Lukina, Lukiia and Lukardis. I would imagine the names could also work for Lucrece, Ludovica and Ludwika.
I'm not sure when diminutives become 'legitimately' considered usable in their own right - but both Luka and Luca have been used as stand-alone girl's names (outside of Hungary, and (interestingly) most often in Europe) for some time - even if they have never reached 'top ten' or 'top 100' status.
In addition, they are also stand-alone names in their own right, without having developed as diminutives (one of the Period Russian Name links on this site lists Luka as most likely being a feminine version of Luk; Luka is the Hawaiian version of Ruth etc)
I appreciate that must come across as odd in Croatia - where Luka has been the most popular boy's name for so long - but to dismiss the use of Luca and Luka on girls as somehow representing 'English ignorance' isn't quite right.
(and had to add - Noah is a girl's name as well :)
Luka and Luca (pronounced Loo-ka) are/have been used as diminutives of a number of girl's names over time - including Lucretia, Lukina, Lukiia and Lukardis. I would imagine the names could also work for Lucrece, Ludovica and Ludwika.
I'm not sure when diminutives become 'legitimately' considered usable in their own right - but both Luka and Luca have been used as stand-alone girl's names (outside of Hungary, and (interestingly) most often in Europe) for some time - even if they have never reached 'top ten' or 'top 100' status.
In addition, they are also stand-alone names in their own right, without having developed as diminutives (one of the Period Russian Name links on this site lists Luka as most likely being a feminine version of Luk; Luka is the Hawaiian version of Ruth etc)
I appreciate that must come across as odd in Croatia - where Luka has been the most popular boy's name for so long - but to dismiss the use of Luca and Luka on girls as somehow representing 'English ignorance' isn't quite right.
(and had to add - Noah is a girl's name as well :)
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it's on my list love it!
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Only if you're pronouncing it LOO-tsah
Luca is feminine in Hungarian, but only pronounced LOO-tsah. Pronounced LOO-kah, it's only a boys' name.
Luca is feminine in Hungarian, but only pronounced LOO-tsah. Pronounced LOO-kah, it's only a boys' name.
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I disagree...
In MY humble opinion, it is definitely OK to pronounce a name from another country in one's mother tongue or in the language of the country one lives in. Think of all the Greek names a number of people here like very much - I suppose they mostly pronounce them English for most of them live in the US or Great Britain or Australia. And I think that's more than OK, as long as different, language-specific pronounciations of a name don't get mixed up, which I hate (some Germans have that with French names; they pronounce them half French, half German - ick).
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As for your question, Dracotorix: I particularly love Luca on a girl, both in English, Hungarian and German, and even in French. I think it sounds much more feminine in a way anyway, and I prefer Lucas and Lucian etc. to Luca for a boy.
In MY humble opinion, it is definitely OK to pronounce a name from another country in one's mother tongue or in the language of the country one lives in. Think of all the Greek names a number of people here like very much - I suppose they mostly pronounce them English for most of them live in the US or Great Britain or Australia. And I think that's more than OK, as long as different, language-specific pronounciations of a name don't get mixed up, which I hate (some Germans have that with French names; they pronounce them half French, half German - ick).
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As for your question, Dracotorix: I particularly love Luca on a girl, both in English, Hungarian and German, and even in French. I think it sounds much more feminine in a way anyway, and I prefer Lucas and Lucian etc. to Luca for a boy.
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I much prefer it on a boy.
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Definitely
Like many Italian boys names (Andrea is the most common example) this would definitely work on a girl! It's unisex but has a very feminine sound, in my opinion. It's one of the most common boys names here in Germany but also getting popular for girls. I think there's nothing masculine about it.
Like many Italian boys names (Andrea is the most common example) this would definitely work on a girl! It's unisex but has a very feminine sound, in my opinion. It's one of the most common boys names here in Germany but also getting popular for girls. I think there's nothing masculine about it.
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I think it works, but I would spell it Luka.
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It is unisex, so...
it works on a girl. I may prefer it on a boy, but I have no problem with its use on a girl.
it works on a girl. I may prefer it on a boy, but I have no problem with its use on a girl.
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I prefer Luca to be masculine only. If I encountered the name, I'd expect it to belong to a boy. I think it could work on a girl, but I wouldn't be happy to see it used for a girl.
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