Given name
Gianluca
“God is gracious”
In Italian use, Gianluca is a short form of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Original ItalianGiovanni
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Italian use, Gianluca is a short form of Giovanni. In Italian use, Giovanni carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Gianluca is a short form of Giovanni.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gianluca through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,915
- 3,915 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2017
- 207 babies
- 2025
- 181
- #1,156 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 181 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,156 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 207 in 2017. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (36). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,050 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gianluca’s family of names
In Italian usage, Gianluca is a short form of Giovanni. In Italian usage, Gianluca shares a linguistic root with the French form JEAN-LUC. In English usage, Gianluca has a conventional equivalent in the French form JEAN-LUC.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Gianluca
- Gianluca ZambrottaItalian association football playerborn 1977
- Gianluca VialliItalian association football player and manager1964–2023
- Gianluca PagliucaItalian association football playerborn 1966
- Gianluca PessottoItalian association football playerborn 1970
- Gianluca ScamaccaItalian association football playerborn 1999
- Gianluca ManciniItalian association football playerborn 1996
- Gianluca GaudinoGerman footballerborn 1996
- Gianluca RamazzottiItalian actorborn 1970
- Gianluca BezzinaMaltese doctor and singerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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