Fun Facts About the Name Deluca
- 278 babies named Deluca: U.S. records list 278 babies given the name Deluca from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Deluca Mean?
Deluca is an Italian family name meaning son of Luca or of Luca. It is a variant of De Luca, made from the Italian preposition de or di (of, from) and the personal name Luca, the Italian form of Latin Lucas and Greek Loukas. In this patronymic pattern, the surname did not describe the bearer directly; it identified the bearer as a descendant or member of the household of an ancestor named Luca.
The older name Loukas is usually explained as man from Lucania, an ancient region of southern Italy. Because Loukas resembles Latin lux (light), a symbolic meaning of light or bringer of light is often attached to Luke and its relatives, but that is a later association rather than the ordinary literal etymology. The derivation of Loukas is not entirely certain.
Deluca Name History & Origins
Patronymic surnames formed with de or di developed in Italy during the Middle Ages and early modern period, when second names gradually became hereditary. A person recorded as de Luca was identified through a father or ancestor named Luca; over time the phrase became a fixed family name. The personal name Luca was common in Christian Italy because of Saint Luke the Evangelist, traditionally credited with the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, so the surname could arise independently in more than one place.
De Luca is found throughout Italy and is especially common in the south, including Campania and neighboring regions. In English-speaking countries, the name is often written DeLuca or Deluca, with the space removed and the particle joined to the main name. These are spelling variants of the same surname, not separate etymologies. Italian emigration in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries carried the name to the United States, Argentina, Brazil, and other destinations. Deluca is used mainly as a surname; as a first name it is a transferred use of the family name.
How Popular is the Name Deluca?
Deluca has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2023. Its best rank was #2,548 in 2023.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,921 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #3,806 | 29 | 0.0017% |
| 2023 | #2,548 | 52 | 0.0030% |
| 2022 | #2,799 | 46 | 0.0026% |
| 2021 | #2,873 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2020 | #3,438 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #4,137 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #4,016 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #12,738 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #12,652 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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