Luca-Jay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LOO-ka-JAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
Luca-Jay is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “from Lucania + jay”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies).
What does Luca-Jay mean?
Modern: combination of Luca and Jay
“from Lucania + jay”
Combines Luca, the Italian form of Luke, with Jay, a name taken from the bird or from the initial J.
Is Luca-Jay a girl's or a boy's name?
Luca-Jay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Luca-Jay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 173% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Luca-Jay, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Luca-Jay of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the boys named Luca-Jay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Luca-Jay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
Nicknames for Luca-Jay
- Luca 3,672 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Luca-Jay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorenzo Theodore Tommy Luca Elias Oakley Rory Elijah Levi Remy Ezra Louie
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-Jay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/luca-jay, updated 20 October 2026.