For the first time in Holland I heard the name Luca for a girl. I kept hearing the name for a girl back in the USA and it drove me crazy. Then again it also drives me crazy when I hear girls named Devin, Dylan, Taylor, Dale, and who knows what other boy's name.

I don't know about anyone else but Luca just doesn't sound right for a girl. Just because it ends in a doesn't make it a girl's name.

Do people in Italy also use the name Luca for a girl?

No they don't, and i hope they'll keep on this way
By the way, andrea is another name that in Italy has always been considered masculine but i know is sometimes used as feminine; an interesting detail: "[Andrea]derives from the Greek ανήρ (anēr), genitive ανδρός (andrós), that indicates the man with reference to its masculinity" (wikipedia).

I didn't think they used the name Luca for a girl in Italy, but I just thought I would ask anyway.

Andrea has been a girl's name in the USA for a long time now. I always thought it was a girl's name until I learned about the Greek and Italian culture.

The name Luca started to be used on a girl starting about 10 years ago. I guess that's why it drives me crazy more than other boy's names that are used for a girl.

Never heard of anyone named Luca, it's very clear for us that it's a male name.

__________________

In Italy Rosario is a male name, in Spain female.
In Italy that's a Southern name while in Spain it's diffused throughout the nation. So it's funny to see some pretty Spainish girls whose name is Rosario ! In Italy Maria is a female name but sometimes it's used also for men with double name: Francesco Maria, Filippo Maria, etc. It's something that has to do with noble costums.

When I moved to Holland I learned that Maria is common to use as a male's middle name. I thought it was a little odd since in Mexico Maria is also used for a female and in the Bible Maria is Jesus's mother. One of my husband's uncle has the name Maria as a middle name.

I know the actress Rasario Dawson. I always thought her parents gave her a male's name as well. I didn't know it was a girl's name in Spain. I prefer the name Rasario for a boy.

My grandfathers name was Salvatore, which is one of my favorite names, even though a nick name is Sal or even Sally.

I'm Luca.. I have never known a girl called Luca in Italy; I don't undertand why a mother or a father called their daughter with a male name..

I like the name Salvatore. I'm a person who doesn't like nicknames, but I think Sal sounds like a male's name. My former best friend's father's name was Salvatore. He went by Sal. Her sister named one of her son's after her father. For some odd reason everyone kept calling him Salvador which is the Spanish version rather than Salvatore. It always upset her because Salvatore is with an e at the end and Salvator is without the e. She would always says he has an Italian name not a Spanish name.

I also happen to like the name Luca, but only for a boy. It sounds ugly for a girl's name. Lucia is much prettier for a girl's name. I almost named one of our cats Lucia.

Well, my name is Jean - which in France is a male name. My name there would be spelled Jeanne. But in Scotland, where my grandfather was from, the name Jean is always a girl's name. I have trouble with people trying to spell my name Gene, which is generally a man's name - a shortened form of Eugene. But there was a famous actress a while back whose name was Gene Tierney. It certainly can be confusing. LOL