Which is best...Jacob or Luca?

[LittleMissWorryHead]

I won't go into my reasons for this - it is for a baby boy though!

I just really would love to hear which one people prefer...for a baby, a boy and a man!

Jacob
or
Luca

Thanks

Luka. Dr Kovac from ER.

Luca

Well it would be Luca rather than Luka as dh is italian....

Jacob is my favourite but i think it is more common too.

Luca is nice as well but prefer luca.

My boys have very traditional and popular names, choice them because i like them and they suit them.

if you have italian connections then Luca is lovely

luca definitely - lovely name

I like both but would go for Luca.

They are both lovely.

But I do know a girl called Luca ( although I would always have thought it was a boy name)

Luca is my favourite of the two but they're both nice.

Love Luca
Like Jacob (which poss. more flexible as can be shortened to Jake when he's older)

Noooo, Luca is really naff and screams unimaginative. It's amazingly common, a sort of Italian Jack, every other little boy/teenager/man is called that here. Also, imo it doesn't sound very pleasant pronounced in an English accent - I've heard it screeched across many a UK shopping centre, often with a silent c to boot (as in Loooo'a!).

Jacob is much nicer, or if you want Italian, why not Jacopo or Giacomo?

i knew a gianluca (hope i have spelt correctly, apologies to all italians if not)
i like the name Luca, prefer it to Jacob, which i consider a bit bland.

Luca. jacob sounds harsh to my ears just MO tho...

OK, i did go into my reasons for this on another thread (baby name regret) - appreciate every ones views, it hasn't helped at all!!

Jacob, Luca sounds half-hearted & wimpy 4 a boy (just mho).

Ok, I should have said this yesterday.

Luca- nice and soft for a baby.

Luca/Jacob- for a little scamp of a boy.

Luca/Jacob- for a teenager. Both nice but he'll probably be known as Moptop or Jazzy or some other ridiculous name teenagers invent for each other.

Jacob- for a man ( which he will hoefully be for many more years than he was a boy).

Do you see where I'm going with this, LittleMissWorryHead?

Hope you feel better soon.

Luca definitely

Jacob for all 3.

Luca, especially if your DH is Italian.

Thanks Prosecco - I totally see where you are going

I have been trying to imagine my (strapping, 6ft big) husband as a Jacob or a Luca, but it just has me in fits of giggles...

Its good to know that its the italian Jack though - the plan is to move to Italy at some point so its very important....

Jacob ... definitely!

jacob. it is the best boy's name there is. i have 2 dds so didnt get to try it out. jacob jacob jacob jacob jacob

Jacob