Luka for a boy - would you always think of him from ER??

[Janus]

I really like this name but, having just watched my sky+ ER today, wonder if people automatically think of him from ER or not?
Also, being 'foreign' (European but from where?) does it matter that neither parent is from that country? ie, I always thought if you had an Irish name you should have some Irish in your family somewhere.
Help!! (16 days to go!!)

It has also only in the last few years become popular - I first saw it years ago when doing a school poject on family trees and it was my great great grandmothers name

I know Pheobe is Greek and Ruth is Hebrew etc etc etc. But they are also now traditional English names because they have been used here for sooooooo long. I wouldn't actually advocate many true traditional English names, it would be very hard to carry off Ethelred nowadays.

Quint - it was my great grandmother's name too. It has only recently become popular again, it was very popular in the UK in my great grandmother's generation. That is why I refer to it as traditional.

When I hear the name Luca the first thing that comes to mind is The Godfather.
I do like it.

i beleive it means 'light' which is one of the names i had on a list but ended up with Hayden which means a hedge!!
Great name

My name is Luca..

I live on the second floor..

It's a fab name!

I guess that is true Hatrick. The OP did ask whether people thought it mattered that it was foreign and that it was made popular by ER. I am just saying that in my opinion it does. Maybe in 50 years I will love the name Luca and it will remind me of the golden years of UK history, back when I was in my twenties and Queen Elizabeth still ruled... . Clearly, I am just an old stick in the mud who hates change.

Suzanne vega was battered wife wasn;t she (in the song i mean) not child

Luca is lovely but only known naughty ones!

I think anyone who has listened to the Suzanne Vega song will always think it's a sad name. But most people won't have.

Remember the point about it being mostly girl's names that end in "a"

prefer Luca to Luka, personally. Not so keen on Lucas though, cos of the 'ass' bit.

I know of someone who named their DS Luca. I think he was named after the Chelsea football manager at the time (Jean Luca Vialli)

I love the name but will always associate it with the Suzanne Vega song!

LOVE the name but kinda think that it's definitely italian and u'll always be gettin asked if u have an italian connection.

My DP's nephew is called luca. I want to burst into song everytime I hear his name, but it is a lovely name all the same!

I would think Luca, Italian. I think it means light??,

Just remembered as a child I had neighbours from the then Yugoslavia - father and son were called Luka

I would spell it Luca. Lovely name, very popular.

If it's your favorite then go with it. Do you have any other names shortlisted?

OK, I have been singing Suzanne Vega all night!! I think I prefer Luca too, rather than Luka.
Our other names so far are Finn, which was our first and we do seem to keep returning to it, and Alfie.
I love short names like Ben, Max, etc, but there seem to be loads of them so that is why I'm trying to find something shorter but a bit unusual.
Any more thoughts?

I prefer Luca to Luka.

i prefer lucas

You do know that the Luca in the Suzanne Vega song is a victim of domestic violence? I'm really not sure I'd want to give my child a name that so many people seem to link to such a sad song!

We were going to call our baby Luca but decided on something else. Our next one with be Luca or Lucas though.

So Luka is a lovely name, and no, I don't think of ER. Plus once the baby's actually called something, you associate the name with the baby rather than focusing on the name.