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Luka/Luca is a female name, the origin is Lucia and Lukretia. Luka was some years ago in Germany a definite female name, by now Luka is female and male. Luca is male and female. There is no connection between the female Luka and Luke. In Germany the italian Luca for boys is popular, as well as the name Luka and Luca for girls. My daughter´s name is Luka. Hallo user lukanoel.
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Luca is for several years in a row already the most popular name for male newborns in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and people here have no trouble to recognize it as a male name, despite the "a" ending. See here:
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/bevoelkerung/uebersicht/blank/analysen__berichte/prenoms/01.html
I did not research it, but I have a nagging suspicion that the origin of the female Luka/Luca in Germany is not a proper, genuine variant of clearly female Lucia and Lukretia, but simply the result of a (still on-going) confusion: If in a country enough people mistake a male name as female, it gets female there as well...
Rene www.AboutNames.ch
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/bevoelkerung/uebersicht/blank/analysen__berichte/prenoms/01.html
I did not research it, but I have a nagging suspicion that the origin of the female Luka/Luca in Germany is not a proper, genuine variant of clearly female Lucia and Lukretia, but simply the result of a (still on-going) confusion: If in a country enough people mistake a male name as female, it gets female there as well...
Rene www.AboutNames.ch
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1997 I got informations about my daughter´s name Luka of the University Leipzig Society for Name Research (Gesellschaft für Namenkunde, Namenberatungsstelle). So sure Luka/Luca is a male name in many regions, in Scandinavia Luca is more female, and originally Luka is a female name in Germany. Luka/Luca is a short name from Lukrezia, Lukretia, Lucretia and Lucia.
In Germany there are strict rules for names, and normally the ending A is female. Andrea and Nicola are female names in Germany. I´m a little bit sorry for my daughter that Luka/Luca became so popular for boys. But I can´t help it anymore, and we still love her name. I think it´s a wonderful name for boys and girls. Girls and women called Luka or Luca, please send a message!
In Germany there are strict rules for names, and normally the ending A is female. Andrea and Nicola are female names in Germany. I´m a little bit sorry for my daughter that Luka/Luca became so popular for boys. But I can´t help it anymore, and we still love her name. I think it´s a wonderful name for boys and girls. Girls and women called Luka or Luca, please send a message!
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Same in Spanish
In Spanish speaking countries without Italian influence (Argentina and Uruguay have it), Luca is often interpreted as feminine name, because of the ending in -A.
This is a mistake, but a popular Spanish name book as El libro de los nombres by Josep Maria Albaigès list Luca as feminine form of Lucas. I don't know if Albaigès has found some documents of traditional use of Luca as feminine form of Lucas in Spanish, if he reflects the fact that nowadays it is considered the feminine form (originated by a mistake) or, simply, if it is an Albaigès's error (name books often have errors).
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
In Spanish speaking countries without Italian influence (Argentina and Uruguay have it), Luca is often interpreted as feminine name, because of the ending in -A.
This is a mistake, but a popular Spanish name book as El libro de los nombres by Josep Maria Albaigès list Luca as feminine form of Lucas. I don't know if Albaigès has found some documents of traditional use of Luca as feminine form of Lucas in Spanish, if he reflects the fact that nowadays it is considered the feminine form (originated by a mistake) or, simply, if it is an Albaigès's error (name books often have errors).
Lumia
http://onomastica.mailcatala.com
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Luka is male as well
Luka is Russian, Croatian, Serbian etc. And it is just another spelling of Luca. Have you never watched the popular TV series "E.R."? There is a male doctor Luka there (from Croatia I think).
Luca/Luka is variant of the biblical Luke/Lucas/Lukas.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Luka is Russian, Croatian, Serbian etc. And it is just another spelling of Luca. Have you never watched the popular TV series "E.R."? There is a male doctor Luka there (from Croatia I think).
Luca/Luka is variant of the biblical Luke/Lucas/Lukas.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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He's definitely from Croatia... and OT... what a man :P (I'm sorry, had to say that hehe).
Luka/Luca/Lukas/Lucas is exclusively a male name in many countries... here, for example (Argentina).
Luka/Luca/Lukas/Lucas is exclusively a male name in many countries... here, for example (Argentina).
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Yes, he is surely good-looking. I think the actor is Croatian as well, his real name is Goran. But Luka is more handsome.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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