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!!)

I know a Luca and he is a wee cracker, now 5 there is also a baby at the nursery called Luca who couldn't look less like a Luca if he tried bless him he should've been an angus or a hamish

lovely name, go for it

I would go for Luke or Lucas. Not Luca unless you have italian background.

My new baby is called Lucca. Loved the name Luca, but added the extra 'c' after visiting Lucca in Tuscany 2 years ago and we fell completely in love with the stunning place. So, it has a special meaning to us, and DH and I will always think of the place now.

We joked about calling DS2 Castelnuovo di Garfagnana after the small town we were staying near, but somehow it never made it to the shortlist...

We joked about calling DS2 Castelnuovo di Garfagnana after the small town we were staying near, but somehow it never made it to the shortlist...

I love Luke but i'm biased, it's my ds name

I would vote for Luca. It wouldn't bother me about not being italian, unless you have a really english surname. Then it may look/sound slightly odd.

But it is your child and therefore your choice.

A whole untapped seam of baby names - Caravaggio, Botticelli, Canaletto.....

I have to say I am with you I think foreign sounding names are a bit naff unless you have a family connection to the country. Sorry

love the name, v cute

It's just Luke trying to be different isn't it? I put Luca in the same category that I put Amelie. Try-too-hard-to-be-different. But yes, the ER bloke is lush.

Would be no bad thing thinking about him from er, was lurvely!

nope I think of
my name is luca
i live on the second floor
i live upstairs from
something about not seeing him befor
blah blah

its a song about an abused child isnt it?

I do like the name though