Luca-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-ka-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
Luca-James is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “from Lucania + supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies).
What does Luca-James mean?
Modern: combination of Luca and James
“from Lucania + supplanter”
Combines Luca, the Italian form of Luke, with James, the English form of the Hebrew name Jacob.
Is Luca-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Luca-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Luca-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 371% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Luca-James, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Luca-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Luca-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 27 | #1,137 |
| 2023 | 25 | #1,214 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
Nicknames for Luca-James
- Luca 3,672 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Luca-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Lorenzo, Myles, Elias, Theodore, Tobias, Otis, Ezra, Rupert, Levi, Arlo-James, Atlas
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Luca-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luca-james, updated 20 October 2026.