Given name & surname
Lucca
“surrounded by light”
Lucca is a variant of Lucian. One Latin interpretation is “surrounded by light.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lucca is a variant of Lucian. One Latin interpretation is “surrounded by light.” Its derivation is not certain.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lucca is a variant of Lucian. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lucca through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,658
- 7,889 boys · 769 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 783 babies
- 2025
- 783
- #425 for boys · #5,050 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +30%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 93% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 757 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 425 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 38.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 26 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (114). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,516 as a first name in 2020; 993 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lucca’s family of names
Lucca has a conventional equivalent in the French form Lucas. Lucca has a related form in Lucian.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lucca
- Lucca StaigerGerman basketball player (born 1988)
- LuccaBrazilian footballerborn 1990
- LuccaBrazilian footballerborn 2007
- Lucca BrughmansBelgian association football playerborn 2008
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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